Assessment of microbial diversity in four Southwestern United States soils by 16S rRNA gene terminal restriction fragment analysis

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 66, Issue 7, 2000, Pages 2943-2950

  Dunbar, John ^a   Ticknor, Lawrence O ^a   Kuske, Cheryl R ^a  

^a LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RNA 16S;

GENETIC ANALYSIS; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; SOIL MICROORGANISM; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; NONHUMAN; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT; SOIL MICROFLORA; UNITED STATES;

BACTERIA; CULTURE MEDIA; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; ECOSYSTEM; GENES, RRNA; PHYLOGENY; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY; SOUTHWESTERN UNITED STATES;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); PINUS EDULIS; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 0033941482     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.66.7.2943-2950.2000     Document Type: Article

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