The cpcB-cpcA locus as a tool for the genetic characterization of the genus Arthrospira (Cyanobacteria): Evidence for horizontal transfer

International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology

Volumn 52, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 861-867

  Manen, Jean François ^a   Falquet, Jacques ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Arthrospira; CpcB cpcA; Horizontal transfer; Molecular phylogeny

Indexed keywords

DNA FRAGMENT; NUCLEOTIDE; PHYCOCYANIN; SPACER DNA; BACTERIAL DNA; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; RIBOSOMAL SPACER DNA;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIOPLANKTON; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CLADISTICS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CYANOBACTERIUM; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE CLUSTER; GENE LOCUS; GENE SEQUENCE; GENE TRANSFER; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC CODE; GENETIC LINE; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENUS; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; MONOPHYLY; MORPHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; OPERON; PHYLOGENETIC TREE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SPIRULINA; STOP CODON; TAXON; CLASSIFICATION; GENETICS; HORIZONTAL GENE TRANSFER; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; CYANOBACTERIA; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL SPACER; GENE TRANSFER, HORIZONTAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OPERON; PHYCOCYANIN; PHYLOGENY; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T;

ARTHROSPIRA; SPIRULINA;

EID: 0035989502     PISSN: 14665026     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/ijs.0.01981-0     Document Type: Article

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