A method for DNA extraction from the desert cyanobacterium Chroococcidiopsis and its application to identification of ftsZ

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 64, Issue 10, 1998, Pages 4053-4056

  Billi, Daniela ^a   Grill Caiola, Maria ^a   Paolozzi, Luciano ^a   Ghelardini, Patrizia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL MEMBRANE; BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; CYANOBACTERIUM; DNA DETERMINATION; DNA HYBRIDIZATION; DNA PURIFICATION; EXTRACTION; GENE SEQUENCE; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OSMOTIC STRESS; ULTRACENTRIFUGATION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CHROOCOCCIDIOPSIS; CYANOBACTERIA;

EID: 0031684012     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aem.64.10.4053-4056.1998     Document Type: Article

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