Phylogenetic characterization of bacteria in the subsurface microbial culture collection

FEMS Microbiology Reviews

Volumn 20, Issue 3-4, 1997, Pages 201-216

  Balkwill, David L ^a   Reeves, Robert H ^a   Drake, Gwendolyn R ^a   Reeves, Jane Y ^a   Crocker, Fiona H ^a   King, Melody Baldwin ^a   Boone, David R ^b  

^a FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bacterial phylogeny; Bacterial taxonomy; Phylogenetic characterization; Subsurface bacteria; Subsurface culture collection

Indexed keywords

ACINETOBACTER; ARTHROBACTER; BACILLUS; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CONFERENCE PAPER; DNA SEQUENCE; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; PSEUDOMONAS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; STREPTOCOCCUS; TAXONOMY;

BACTERIA; BIOLOGICAL SPECIMEN BANKS; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY; GEOLOGY; GOVERNMENT AGENCIES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; RNA, BACTERIAL; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; UNITED STATES;

ACINETOBACTER; ARTHROBACTER; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BACTEROIDES; CYTOPHAGA; FIRMICUTES; FLEXIBACTER; GAMMAPROTEOBACTERIA; NEGIBACTERIA; POSIBACTERIA; PROTEOBACTERIA; PSEUDOMONAS; SPHINGOMONAS; STREPTOCOCCUS; VARIOVORAX;

EID: 0030867762     PISSN: 01686445     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-6445(97)00008-9     Document Type: Conference Paper

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