Classification and genetic characterization of pattern-forming bacilli

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 687-703

  Rudner, Rivka ^a   Martsinkevich, Oksana ^a   Leung, Wendy ^a   Jarvis, Erich D ^a,b  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; CHLORAMPHENICOL; ERYTHROMYCIN; KANAMYCIN; LINCOMYCIN; RIFAMPICIN; SPECTINOMYCIN; STREPTOMYCIN; TETRACYCLINE;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACILLUS; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL GENETICS; BACTERIAL GROWTH; CLASSIFICATION; EVOLUTION; MORPHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

BACILLUS; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BASE SEQUENCE; BETA-GALACTOSIDASE; BLOTTING, SOUTHERN; CELL DIVISION; DRUG RESISTANCE, MICROBIAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHENOTYPE; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, NUCLEIC ACID; SPORES, BACTERIAL;

EID: 0031939962     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2958.1998.00717.x     Document Type: Article

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