Diverse, yet-to-be-cultured members of the Rubrobacter subdivision of the Actinobacteria are widespread in Australian arid soils

FEMS Microbiology Ecology

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 111-120

  Holmes, Andrew J ^a   Bowyer, Jocelyn ^a   Holley, Marita P ^a   O'Donoghue, Madeline ^a   Montgomery, Meg ^a   Gillings, Michael R ^a  

^a MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Actinobacteria; Environmental clone library; Heteroduplex mobility assay; Rubrobacter; Soil bacterium

Indexed keywords

RIBOSOME DNA; RNA 16S;

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; DESERT; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; SOIL MICROFLORA;

EID: 0033848736     PISSN: 01686496     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-6496(00)00051-9     Document Type: Article

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