Fluorescent Amplified Fragment Length Polymorphism Analysis of Norwegian Bacillus cereus and Bacillus thuringiensis Soil Isolates

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 67, Issue 10, 2001, Pages 4863-4873

  Ticknor, Lawrence O ^a   KolstØ, Anne Brit ^b   Hill, Karen K ^a   Keim, Paul ^c   Laker, Miriam T ^a   Tonks, Melinda ^a   Jackson, Paul J ^a  

^a LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^c NORTHERN ARIZONA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; RIBOSOME DNA; RNA 16S;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS CEREUS; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CLASSIFICATION; DNA SEQUENCE; FLUORESCENCE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NORWAY; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; RNA GENE;

BACILLUS CEREUS; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; FLUORESCENCE; GENES, RRNA; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NORWAY; PHYLOGENY; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY; VARIATION (GENETICS);

EID: 0035488914     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.67.10.4863-4873.2001     Document Type: Article

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