Arthrospira ('Spirulina') strains from four continents are resolved into only two clusters, based on amplified ribosomal DNA restriction analysis of the internally transcribed spacer

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 172, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 213-222

  Scheldeman, Patsy ^a,d   Baurain, Denis ^a   Bouhy, Rachel ^a   Scott, Mark ^b   Mühling, Martin ^b   Whitton, Brian A ^b   Belay, Amha ^c   Wilmotte, Annick ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

^b DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c Earthrise Farms   (United States)

^d Centrum voor Landbouwkundig Onderzoek Gent CLO / Centre de Recherches Agronomiques Gand   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Arthrospira; Genotype; Internally transcribed spacer; rRNA; Spirulina; Taxonomy

Indexed keywords

BOVINE SERUM ALBUMIN; RIBOSOME DNA;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYANOBACTERIUM; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENOTYPE; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESTRICTION MAPPING; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; TAXONOMY;

ARTHROSPIRA; BOVINAE; SPIRULINA; SPIRULINA LAXISSIMA;

EID: 0033005732     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1097(99)00017-8     Document Type: Article

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