Genomic complexity among strains of the facultative photoheterotrophic bacterium Rhodobacter sphaeroides

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 181, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 1684-1688

  Nereng, Kirsten Siedenburg ^a   Kaplan, Samuel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA FRAGMENT;

ARTICLE; GENOME; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; RHODOBACTER; RHODOBACTER SPHAEROIDES; SOUTHERN BLOTTING; STRAIN DIFFERENCE;

RHODOBACTER SPHAEROIDES;

EID: 0032985995     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.181.5.1684-1688.1999     Document Type: Article

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