Phylogenetic diversity of the Deinococci as determined by 16S ribosomal DNA sequence comparison

International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 510-514

  Rainey, Frederick A ^a,c   Nobre, M Fernanda ^b   Schumann, Peter ^a   Stackebrandt, Erko ^a   Da Costa, Milton S ^b  

^a LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE DSMZ GERMAN COLLECTION OF MICROORGANISMS AND CELL CULTURES   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COIMBRA   (Portugal)

^c LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; DEINOCOCCUS RADIODURANS; DNA SEQUENCE; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

EID: 0030950157     PISSN: 00207713     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/00207713-47-2-510     Document Type: Article

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