Direct proof for the presence and expression of two 5% different 16S rRNA genes in individual cells of Haloarcula marismortui

Extremophiles

Volumn 4, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 373-376

  Amann, Gudrun ^a   Stetter, Karl O ^a   Llobet Brossa, Enric ^b   Amann, Rudolf ^b   Antón, Josefa ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF REGENSBURG   (Germany)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR MARINE MICROBIOLOGY   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALICANTE   (Spain)

Author keywords

16s rDNA heterogeneity; Archaea; Fluorescence in situ hybridization; Haloarcula marismortui

Indexed keywords

PRIMER DNA; RNA 16S;

ARTICLE; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; GENETICS; HALOARCULA MARISMORTUI; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY;

BASE SEQUENCE; DNA PRIMERS; HALOARCULA MARISMORTUI; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION, FLUORESCENCE; PHYLOGENY; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S;

EID: 0034572478     PISSN: 14310651     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s007920070007     Document Type: Article

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