Analysis of ammonia-oxidizing bacteria from hypersaline Mono Lake, California, on the basis of 16S rRNA sequences

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 66, Issue 7, 2000, Pages 2873-2881

  Ward, B B ^a,c   Martino, D P ^b,c   Diaz, M C ^a   Joye, S B ^b,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RNA 16S;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; LAKE; NITROSOMONAS; NONHUMAN; RNA SEQUENCE; SALINITY;

AMMONIA; BETAPROTEOBACTERIA; CALIFORNIA; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; FRESH WATER; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NITROSOMONAS; NUCLEIC ACID HYBRIDIZATION; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SODIUM CHLORIDE; WATER MICROBIOLOGY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BETAPROTEOBACTERIA; GAMMAPROTEOBACTERIA; NEGIBACTERIA; NITROSOCOCCUS OCEANI; NITROSOMONADALES; NITROSOMONAS; NITROSOMONAS EUROPAEA;

EID: 0033916918     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.66.7.2873-2881.2000     Document Type: Article

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