The frequency and characteristics of highly thermophilic bacteria in cool soil environments

Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 4, Issue 10, 2002, Pages 595-602

  Marchant, Roger ^a   Banat, Ibrahim M ^a   Rahman, Thahira J ^a   Berzano, Marco ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ULSTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACILLUS; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY; TEMPERATURE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); GEOBACILLUS; NEGIBACTERIA; POSIBACTERIA; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 0036800926     PISSN: 14622912     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1462-2920.2002.00344.x     Document Type: Article

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