Phylogenetic affinity of a wide, vacuolate, nitrate-accumulating Beggiatoa sp. from Monterey Canyon, California, with Thioploca spp.

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 65, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 270-277

  Ahmad, Azeem ^a   Barry, James P ^b   Nelson, Douglas C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b MONTEREY BAY AQUARIUM RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NITRATE;

ADAPTATION; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BEGGIATOA; CELL STRUCTURE; CELL VACUOLE; CLONE; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; GENE SEQUENCE; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; NITROGEN FIXATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHENOTYPE; PHYLOGENY; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; RNA SEQUENCE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; UNITED STATES;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BEGGIATOA; GAMMAPROTEOBACTERIA; NEGIBACTERIA; PROTEOBACTERIA; THIOPLOCA;

EID: 0032952591     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aem.65.1.270-277.1999     Document Type: Article

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