The utilization of RAPD-PCR for identifying thermophilic and mesophilic Bacillus species

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 147, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 75-79

  Ronimus, Ron S ^a   Parker, Lynne E ^a   Morgan, Hugh W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WAIKATO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

AP PCR; Bacillus coagulans; Bacillus licheniformis; Bacillus smithii; Bacillus sphaericus; Bacillus stearothermophilus; PCR; polymorphic bacillus; RAPD; thermophilic bacillus

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACILLUS; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; DNA FINGERPRINTING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TECHNIQUE; THERMOPHILIC BACTERIUM;

BACILLUS; DNA FINGERPRINTING; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA-DIRECTED DNA POLYMERASE; HEAT; INDUSTRIAL MICROBIOLOGY; MAGNESIUM CHLORIDE; OPEN READING FRAMES; RANDOM AMPLIFIED POLYMORPHIC DNA TECHNIQUE; RNA-DIRECTED DNA POLYMERASE; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TAQ POLYMERASE;

BACILLUS CALDOLYTICUS; BACILLUS CALDOTENAX; BACILLUS CALDOVELOX; BACILLUS CEREUS; BACILLUS CIRCULANS; BACILLUS COAGULANS; BACILLUS LICHENIFORMIS; BACILLUS MEGATERIUM; BACILLUS MYCOIDES; BACILLUS PUMILUS; BACILLUS SMITHII; BACILLUS SPHAERICUS; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BACTERIUM SUBTILIS; GEOBACILLUS STEAROTHERMOPHILUS; PUMILUS;

EID: 0031048240     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1097(96)00507-1     Document Type: Article

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