Microbiology of acidic, geothermal springs of Montserrat: Environmental rDNA analysis

Extremophiles

Volumn 4, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 315-320

  Burton, Nicolas P ^a   Norris, Paul R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

16S rDNA; Acidophiles; Hot springs; Phylotypes; Thermophiles

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEAL DNA; BACTERIAL DNA; FRESH WATER; RIBOSOME DNA; RNA 16S; SEA WATER;

ACETOBACTERACEAE; ARTICLE; BACILLUS; CARIBBEAN ISLANDS; CHEMISTRY; ECOLOGY; GENETICS; HEAT; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR CLONING; PH; SEDIMENT;

ACETOBACTERACEAE; BACILLUS; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA, ARCHAEAL; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; ECOLOGY; FRESH WATER; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; HEAT; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEAWATER; WEST INDIES;

EID: 0034304278     PISSN: 14310651     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s007920070019     Document Type: Article

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