Prokaryotic diversity and the importance of culturing

Antonie van Leeuwenhoek, International Journal of General and Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 72, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 3-19

  Palleroni, Norberto J ^a  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RNA 16S;

BACTERIA; CULTURE TECHNIQUE; MICROBIAL DIVERSITY;

ARCHAEBACTERIUM; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BIODIVERSITY; CONFERENCE PAPER; EVOLUTION; MICROFLORA; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROKARYOTE; TAXONOMY; TECHNIQUE;

BACTERIA; BACTERIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; ECOSYSTEM; EVOLUTION; PROKARYOTIC CELLS;

ARCHAEA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); PROKARYOTA;

EID: 0030850352     PISSN: 00036072     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1000394109961     Document Type: Conference Paper

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