Assessment of the genetic diversity of halotolerant coccoid cyanobacteria using amplified 16S rDNA restriction analysis

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 173, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 9-16

  Margheri, Maria Cristina ^a   Bosco, Marco ^a   Giovannetti, Luciana ^a   Ventura, Stefano ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Amplified 16S rDNA restriction analysis; Biodiversity; Cyanothece; Euhalothece; Halothece; Halotolerant cyanobacteria; Taxonomy

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; CELL CULTURE; CELL STRUCTURE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CULTURE MEDIUM; CYANOBACTERIUM; GENE AMPLIFICATION; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESTRICTION MAPPING; SALINITY;

EID: 0033002355     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1097(99)00026-9     Document Type: Article

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