Phylogenetic and Morphological Diversity of Cyanobacteria in Soil Desert Crusts from the Colorado Plateau

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 67, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 1902-1910

  Garcia Pichel, Ferran ^a,b   López Cortés, Alejandro ^b,c   Nübel, Ulrich ^b,d  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR MARINE MICROBIOLOGY   (Germany)

^c CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIONES BIOLÓGICAS DEL NOROESTE   (Mexico)

^d LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE DSMZ GERMAN COLLECTION OF MICROORGANISMS AND CELL CULTURES   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RNA 16S;

ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; CYANOBACTERIUM; CYTOLOGY; DESERT CLIMATE; DNA SEQUENCE; ECOSYSTEM; GENETICS; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PHYLOGENY; PHYSIOLOGY; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA GENE; UNITED STATES;

CYANOBACTERIA; DESERT CLIMATE; ECOSYSTEM; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; GENES, RRNA; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY; UTAH;

EID: 0035316222     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.67.4.1902-1910.2001     Document Type: Article

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