Genetic diversity analysis of Rhodothermus reflects geographical origin of the isolates

Extremophiles

Volumn 4, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 267-274

  Petursdottir, Solveig K ^a   Hreggvidsson, Gudmundur Oli ^a,b   Da Costa, Milton S ^c   Kristjansson, Jakob K ^a,b  

^a Prokaria Ltd   (Iceland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ICELAND   (Iceland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COIMBRA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

16S rRNA sequencing; Genetic diversity; Geographic population; Multilocus enzyme electrophoresis (MEE); Rhodothermus marinus

Indexed keywords

RIBOSOME DNA; RNA 16S;

ALLELE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; CLASSIFICATION; ENZYMOLOGY; GENE LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; GENETIC SELECTION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; GEOGRAPHY; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; ICELAND; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; PHYLOGENY; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

ALLELES; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENES, BACTERIAL; GEOGRAPHY; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIA; ICELAND; LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; PHYLOGENY; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SELECTION (GENETICS); SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; VARIATION (GENETICS);

EID: 0034305713     PISSN: 14310651     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s007920070012     Document Type: Article

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