Molecular monitoring of an uncultured group of the class Actinobacteria in two terrestrial environments

Journal of Microbiological Methods

Volumn 36, Issue 1-2, 1999, Pages 65-75

  Rheims, Holger ^a   Felske, Andreas ^b   Seufert, Stephanie ^a   Stackebrandt, Erko ^a  

^a LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE DSMZ GERMAN COLLECTION OF MICROORGANISMS AND CELL CULTURES   (Germany)

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

Author keywords

Actinobacterial clone sequences; Drentse A grassland soil; Nested PCR; Peat bog; Phylogeny

Indexed keywords

ACTINOBACTERIA; CONFERENCE PAPER; GERMANY; NETHERLANDS; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA ANALYSIS; SOIL MICROFLORA;

ACTINOBACTERIA; CULTURE MEDIA; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; NETHERLANDS; PHYLOGENY; POACEAE; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY;

ACTINOBACTERIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 0033135637     PISSN: 01677012     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-7012(99)00012-3     Document Type: Conference Paper

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