Molecular investigation of a microbial mat associated with the Great Artesian Basin

FEMS Microbiology Ecology

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 391-403

  Byers, Helen K ^a   Stackebrandt, Erko ^b   Hayward, Chris ^a   Blackall, Linda L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE DSMZ GERMAN COLLECTION OF MICROORGANISMS AND CELL CULTURES   (Germany)

Author keywords

Clone library; Great Artesian Basin; Thermophile

Indexed keywords

RESTRICTION ENDONUCLEASE; RIBOSOME DNA; RNA 16S;

ACTINOBACTERIA; AQUIFER; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CLOSTRIDIUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYANOBACTERIUM; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE INSERTION; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TAXONOMY; THERMAL SPRING; THERMOPHILIC BACTERIUM; THERMUS; THIOBACILLUS;

ACTINOBACTERIA (CLASS); BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CLOSTRIDIA; CLOSTRIDIUM; CYANOBACTERIA; PLANCTOMYCETES; PROKARYOTA; PROTEOBACTERIA; THERMOTOGALES; THERMUS; THIOBACILLUS;

EID: 0031970018     PISSN: 01686496     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-6496(98)00013-0     Document Type: Article

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