Phenotypic and genetic diversity within a colony morphotype

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 160, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 137-143

  Lebaron, Philippe ^a   Ghiglione, Jean François ^a   Fajon, Céline ^a   Batailler, Nicole ^a   Normand, Philippe ^b  

^a LABORATOIRE ARAGO   (France)

^b University of Lyon   (France)

Author keywords

Colony; Diversity; Environment; Morphotype

Indexed keywords

RIBOSOME RNA; RNA 16S;

AEROBIC BACTERIUM; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM COLONY; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COST; ECOLOGY; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PHOTOTROPHIC BACTERIUM; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TAXONOMY;

BACTERIA; ECOLOGY; GENOME, BACTERIAL; PHENOTYPE; PHYLOGENY; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; RNA, BACTERIAL; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEAWATER; VARIATION (GENETICS);

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); PHOTOBACTERIA;

EID: 0032031377     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1097(98)00024-X     Document Type: Article

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