rRNA operon copy number reflects ecological strategies of bacteria

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 66, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 1328-1333

  Klappenbach, Joel A ^b   Dunbar, John M ^a,b   Schmidt, Thomas M ^b  

^a LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b Michigan State University ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM; PHENOTYPE; RESOURCE USE; RNA;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM COLONY; CHROMOSOME; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENOME; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPERON; PHYLOGENY; SOIL MICROFLORA;

2,4-DICHLOROPHENOXYACETIC ACID; BACTERIA; ECOSYSTEM; GENE DOSAGE; GENES, RRNA; HERBICIDES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; RRNA OPERON; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); PROKARYOTA;

EID: 0034074410     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.66.4.1328-1333.2000     Document Type: Article

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