Molecular characterization of functional and phylogenetic genes from natural populations of methanotrophs in lake sediments

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 65, Issue 11, 1999, Pages 5066-5074

  Costello, Andria M ^a,d   Lidstrom, Mary E ^b,c  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b University of Washington   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^d Syracuse University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL RNA; RNA 16S;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; GENE SEQUENCE; METHANOTROPHIC BACTERIUM; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

METHYLOCYSTIS; METHYLOMONAS; METHYLOSINUS;

EID: 0032746991     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aem.65.11.5066-5074.1999     Document Type: Article

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