Fluorescence in situ hybridization analysis of the prokaryotic community inhabiting crystallizer ponds

Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 1, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 517-523

  Antón, Josefa ^a   Llobet Brossa, Enric ^b   Rodríguez Valera, Francisco ^c   Amann, Rudolf ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALICANTE   (Spain)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR MARINE MICROBIOLOGY   (Germany)

^c MIGUEL HERNÁNDEZ UNIVERSITY   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); HALOARCULA; PROKARYOTA; UNCULTURED PROKARYOTE;

ARCHAEAL DNA; RIBOSOME DNA; RNA 16S; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ARCHAEBACTERIUM; ARTICLE; DNA PROBE; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; GENETICS; HALOARCULA; HALOFERAX; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY;

ARCHAEA; DNA PROBES; DNA, ARCHAEAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; HALOARCULA; HALOFERAX; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION, FLUORESCENCE; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SODIUM CHLORIDE; WATER MICROBIOLOGY;

EID: 0033301308     PISSN: 14622912     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1462-2920.1999.00065.x     Document Type: Article

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