Natural communities of Achromatium oxaliferum comprise genetically, morphologically, and ecologically distinct subpopulations

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 65, Issue 11, 1999, Pages 5089-5099

  Gray, N D ^a   Howarth, R ^a   Rowan, A ^a   Pickup, R W ^b   Jones, J Gwyn ^c   Head, I M ^a  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^c FRESHWATER BIOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL RNA; RNA 16S;

BACTERIUM; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; FRESHWATER SEDIMENT; GENETIC VARIATION; MORPHOLOGY; NICHE PARTITIONING;

ACHROMATIUM OXALIFERUM; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; ECOSYSTEM; GENE SEQUENCE; MOLECULAR CLONING; MORPHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; THIOTRICHACEAE;

ENGLAND; UNITED KINGDOM;

ACHROMATIUM OXALIFERUM;

EID: 0032731671     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aem.65.11.5089-5099.1999     Document Type: Article

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