Genetic Diversity of Nostoc Symbionts Endophytically Associated with Two Bryophyte Species

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 67, Issue 9, 2001, Pages 4393-4396

  Costa, José Luis ^a   Paulsrud, Per ^a   Rikkinen, Jouko ^b   Lindblad, Peter ^a  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b Dept of Applied Biology Botany ^*  (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINOACYL TRANSFER RNA; TRNA, LEUCINE; TRNA, LEUCINE-;

ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; CYANOBACTERIUM; DNA SEQUENCE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PLANT; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SYMBIOSIS;

BASE SEQUENCE; CYANOBACTERIA; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PLANTS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, TRANSFER, AMINO ACYL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SYMBIOSIS; VARIATION (GENETICS);

EID: 0035458439     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.67.9.4393-4396.2001     Document Type: Article

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