Genomic organization analysis of acidophilic chemolithotrophic bacteria using pulsed field gel electrophoretic techniques

Biochimie

Volumn 80, Issue 11, 1998, Pages 911-921

  Amils, Ricardo ^a   Irazabal, Nagore ^a   Moreira, David ^a   Abad, Jose P ^a   Marín, Irma ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Acidophiles; Chemolithotrophy; Extremophiles; Thiobacilli

Indexed keywords

ACIDITHIOBACILLUS FERROOXIDANS; ACIDITHIOBACILLUS THIOOXIDANS; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENETICS; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; DNA DETERMINATION; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT; TAXONOMY; THIOBACILLUS;

ACIDITHIOBACILLUS FERROOXIDANS; ACIDITHIOBACILLUS THIOOXIDANS; ACIDOPHILES; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); LEPTOSPIRILLUM; LEPTOSPIRILLUM FERROOXIDANS; PROKARYOTA; THIOBACILLUS; THIOBACILLUS THIOOXIDANS; THIOMONAS; THIOMONAS CUPRINA;

EID: 0032287221     PISSN: 03009084     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0300-9084(00)88888-4     Document Type: Article

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