Diversity and heterogeneity of epibiotic bacterial communities on the marine nematode Eubostrichus dianae

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 65, Issue 9, 1999, Pages 4271-4275

  Polz, Martin F ^a,c   Harbison, Christopher ^a,d   Cavanaugh, Colleen M ^a,b  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Biological Laboratories   (United States)

^c Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge   (United States)

^d MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; RIBOSOME DNA;

BACTERIUM; BIODIVERSITY; HETEROGENEITY; NEMATODE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; CAULOBACTER; DNA SEQUENCE; FLEXIBACTERACEAE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; NEMATODE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; STRAIN DIFFERENCE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CAULOBACTER; EUBOSTRICHUS DIANAE; FLEXIBACTERACEAE; NEMATODA; PROTEOBACTERIA;

EID: 0032845644     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aem.65.9.4271-4275.1999     Document Type: Article

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