Detection of Methylobacterium species by 16S rRNA gene-targeted PCR

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 63, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 1594-1597

  Nishio, Takayuki ^a   Yoshikura, Taro ^a   Itoh, Hisao ^a  

^a OSAKA CITY INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RIBOSOME RNA;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; METHYLOBACTERIUM; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); METHYLOBACTERIUM; METHYLOBACTERIUM EXTORQUENS; METHYLOBACTERIUM RHODESIANUM;

EID: 0031003098     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aem.63.4.1594-1597.1997     Document Type: Article

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