Molecular identification of Photorhabdus luminescens strains by amplification of specific fragments of the 16S ribosomal DNA

Systematic and Applied Microbiology

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 509-519

  Ehlers, R U ^a   Niemann, I ^a  

^a Inst fur Phytopathologie   (Germany)

Author keywords

16S rRNA; Entomopathogenic nematodes; Heterorhabditis species; Identification; Photorhabdus luminescens

Indexed keywords

RIBOSOME DNA;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; NEMATODE; PHOTORHABDUS LUMINESCENS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA SEQUENCE; SYMBIOSIS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); HETERORHABDITIS; HETERORHABDITIS BACTERIOPHORA; HETERORHABDITIS INDICA; HETERORHABDITIS MARELATUS; HETERORHABDITIS MEGIDIS; NEGIBACTERIA; NEMATODA; PHOTORHABDUS LUMINESCENS;

EID: 0032414762     PISSN: 07232020     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0723-2020(98)80063-5     Document Type: Article

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