A PCR technique based on the Hip1 interspersed repetitive sequence distinguishes cyanabacterial species and strains

Microbiology

Volumn 144, Issue 10, 1998, Pages 2791-2801

  Smith, J K ^a   Parry, J D ^a   Day, J G ^b   Smith, R J ^a  

^a LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b IFE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cyanobacteria; Hip1; Identification; Repetitive sequence primed PCR; Typing

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; PALINDROMIC DNA; REPETITIVE DNA;

ANABAENA; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CHROMOSOME; CYANOBACTERIUM; GENOME; NONHUMAN; NOSTOC; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM;

ALGAE; ANABAENA; ANABAENA FLOS-AQUAE; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CYANOBACTERIA; FLOS; NOSTOC; NOSTOC ELLIPSOSPORUM; PROTOZOA;

EID: 0031791462     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/00221287-144-10-2791     Document Type: Article

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