Phylogenetic comparison of the cyanobacterial genera Anabaena and Aphanizomenon

International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology

Volumn 52, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 1867-1880

  Gugger, Muriel ^a   Lyra, Christina ^a   Henriksen, Peter ^a   Couté, Alain ^a   Humbert, Jean François ^a   Sivonen, Kaarina ^a  

^a Biocenter Vikki ^*  (Finland)

Author keywords

16S rDNA; 16S 23S rDNA; Anabaena; Aphanizomenon; RubisCO spacer

Indexed keywords

ANATOXIN; CYANOGINOSIN; NEUROTOXIN; RNA 16S;

ANABAENA; APHANIZOMENON; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYANOBACTERIUM; DENMARK; FINLAND; FRANCE; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; MORPHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPERON; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; TAXONOMY;

ANABAENA; BASE SEQUENCE; CYANOBACTERIA; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL SPACER; FRESH WATER; GENES, BACTERIAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHENOTYPE; PHYLOGENY; RIBULOSE-BISPHOSPHATE CARBOXYLASE; RNA, BACTERIAL; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, NUCLEIC ACID; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; VARIATION (GENETICS);

ANABAENA; APHANIZOMENON; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CYANOBACTERIA; NEGIBACTERIA; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 0036740540     PISSN: 14665026     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/ijs.0.02270-0     Document Type: Article

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