Specific ribosomal DNA sequences from diverse environmental settings correlate with experimental contaminants

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 64, Issue 8, 1998, Pages 3110-3113

  Tanner, Michael A ^a   Goebel, Brett M ^a,b   Dojka, Michael A ^a   Pace, Norman R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Australian Magnesium Corporation   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOMASS; DNA SEQUENCE; DNA TEMPLATE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE AMPLIFICATION; LEPTOTHRIX; MOLECULAR CLONING; PHYLOGENY; POLLUTION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA SEQUENCE;

ACINETOBACTER; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); DUGANELLA; ESCHERICHIA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HERBASPIRILLUM; LEPTOTHRIX; NEGIBACTERIA; PROKARYOTA; STENOTROPHOMONAS; UNCULTURED BACTERIUM; ZOOGLOEA;

EID: 0031904685     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aem.64.8.3110-3113.1998     Document Type: Article

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