Biology and global distribution of myxobacteria in soils

FEMS Microbiology Reviews

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 403-427

  Dawid, Wolfgang ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Extremophile; Global distribution; Isolation method; Myxobacteria; Secondary metabolite; Soil microflora; Species spectrum

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL METABOLISM; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CELL MOTILITY; ECOLOGY; EVOLUTION; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; MORPHOGENESIS; MYXOCOCCALES; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; REVIEW; SOIL MICROFLORA; TAXONOMY;

ANTARCTIC REGIONS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BRYOPSIDA; CLASSIFICATION; CLIMATE; GENOME, BACTERIAL; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; MYXOCOCCALES; PHYLOGENY; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); MYXOCOCCALES; NEGIBACTERIA;

EID: 0033818173     PISSN: 01686445     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-6445(00)00032-2     Document Type: Review

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