Comparison of pure cultures and natural assemblages of planktonic photosynthetic sulfur bacteria by low molecular mass RNA fingerprinting

FEMS Microbiology Ecology

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 25-34

  Casamayor, Emilio O ^a,b   Nunez Cardona M T ^a,c   Calderón Paz, J Isidro ^b   Mas, Jordi ^a   Pedrós Alió, Carlos ^b  

^a UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b INSTITUT DE CIÈNCIES DEL MAR   (Spain)

^c DEPARTAMENTO DE SISTEMAS BIOLÓGICOS   (Mexico)

Author keywords

5S rRNA; Anoxic lake; Fingerprinting; LmwRNA; Phototrophic bacterium

Indexed keywords

BACTERIOPLANKTON; BACTERIUM; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; CULTURE; GENETIC ANALYSIS;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; MICROFLORA; MICROSCOPY; PHOTOTROPHIC BACTERIUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA FINGERPRINTING; SULFUR BACTERIUM;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CHROMATIACEAE; PHOTOBACTERIA; THIOCYSTIS;

EID: 0034075606     PISSN: 01686496     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-6496(00)00005-2     Document Type: Article

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