Application of temperature-gradient gel electrophoresis in taxonomy of coryneform bacteria

International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 113-121

  Felske, Andreas ^a,d   Vancanneyt, Marc ^b   Kersters, Karel ^b,c   Akkermans, Antoon D L ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^c GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^d INSTITUTO DE RECURSOS NATURALES Y AGROBIOLOGÍA DE SEVILLA   (Spain)

Author keywords

16S rDNA gene heterogeneity; Coryneform bacteria; Fatty acid methyl ester; Temperature gradient gel electrophoresis

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; FATTY ACID ESTER; RNA 16S;

ACTINOMYCETALES; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENOTYPE; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; TAXONOMY;

ACTINOBACTERIA (CLASS); AEROMICROBIUM; AGROMYCES; ARTHROBACTER; AUREOBACTERIUM; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CELLULOMONAS; CORYNEBACTERIACEAE; CORYNEFORM BACTERIUM; CURTOBACTERIUM; MICROBACTERIUM; NOCARDIOIDES; POSIBACTERIA; TERRABACTER; UNCULTURED ACTINOMYCETE;

EID: 0032913489     PISSN: 00207713     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/00207713-49-1-113     Document Type: Article

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