Microbial population genomics and ecology

Current Opinion in Microbiology

Volumn 5, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 520-524

  DeLong, Edward F ^a  

^a MONTEREY BAY AQUARIUM RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIORHODOPSIN; DNA FRAGMENT; DNA POLYMERASE; PROTON PUMP; RHODOPSIN; RIBOSOME RNA;

BACTERIAL ARTIFICIAL CHROMOSOME; DNA LIBRARY; ECOLOGY; ECOSYSTEM; GENE; GENOME; MICROORGANISM; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVIEW; RNA SEQUENCE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 0036790017     PISSN: 13695274     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1369-5274(02)00353-3     Document Type: Review

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