RAPD fingerprinting of Chlorobium strains

Systematic and Applied Microbiology

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 274-278

  Méndez Álvarez, Sebastián ^a,b   Esteve, Isabel ^c   Guerrero, Ricardo ^c   Gaju, Núria ^c  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO NUESTRA SEÑORA DE CANDELARIA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Chlorobium strains; Cladistic analysis; Genomic heterogeneity; PFGE; RAPD; Ribotyping

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; PRIMER DNA;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CHLOROBIUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA FINGERPRINTING; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE SEQUENCE; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; RANDOM AMPLIFIED POLYMORPHIC DNA; RIBOTYPING; TAXONOMY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CHLOROBIUM; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 0031854162     PISSN: 07232020     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0723-2020(98)80033-7     Document Type: Article

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