Cloning of the 16S ribosomal RNA gene of a psychrophilic bacterium from the Alaskan fox permafrost tunnel

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 4495, Issue , 2002, Pages 266-272

  Marsic, Damien ^a   Pikuta, Elena V ^a   Hoover, Richard B ^a   Ng, Joseph D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA IN HUNTSVILLE   (United States)

Author keywords

16S rRNA; Astrobiology; Molecular phylogeny; Permafrost; Psychrophile

Indexed keywords

BIOTECHNOLOGY; CLONING; GENES; GEOGRAPHICAL REGIONS; MACROMOLECULES; PERMAFROST; RNA;

ASTROBIOLOGY; CARNOBACTERIUM; MOLECULAR PHYLOGENETIC ANALYSIS; MOLECULAR PHYLOGENY; POLAR REGIONS; PSYCHROPHILIC BACTERIUM;

BACTERIA;

EID: 0036397937     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.454764     Document Type: Conference Paper

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