Comparative genomic analysis of isolates belonging to the six species of the genus Thermus using pulsed-field gel electrophoresis and ribotyping

Archives of Microbiology

Volumn 168, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 92-101

  Moreira, Leonilde M ^a   Da Costa, Milton S ^b   Sá Correia, Isabel ^a  

^a INSTITUTO SUPERIOR TÉCNICO   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COIMBRA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Genome size; Pulsed field gel electrophoresis; Restriction fragment length polymorphism; Ribotyping; Thermus

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; DNA SEQUENCE; GENOME; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; THERMUS;

BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, PULSED-FIELD; GENOME, BACTERIAL; HEAT; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; THERMUS; WATER MICROBIOLOGY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); THERMUS; THERMUS AQUATICUS; THERMUS BROCKIANUS; THERMUS FILIFORMIS; THERMUS OSHIMAI; THERMUS SCOTODUCTUS; THERMUS THERMOPHILUS;

EID: 0030871982     PISSN: 03028933     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002030050474     Document Type: Article

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