Pyrolysis mass spectrometry analysis of free-living and symbiotic cyanobacteria

Antonie van Leeuwenhoek, International Journal of General and Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 75, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 201-206

  West, N J ^a,c   Adams, D G ^a   Sisson, P R ^b   Freeman, R ^b   Hawkey, P M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b NEWCASTLE GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cyanobacteria; Pyrolysis mass spectrometry; Symbiosis

Indexed keywords

CYANOBACTERIUM; IDENTIFICATION METHOD; MASS SPECTROMETRY;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CYANOBACTERIUM; DNA FINGERPRINTING; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYROLYSIS; SYMBIOSIS;

BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; CYANOBACTERIA; MASS SPECTROMETRY; PLANTS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY; SYMBIOSIS;

EID: 0032790186     PISSN: 00036072     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1001773524080     Document Type: Article

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