16S rDNA sequence analysis of environmental Bdellovibrio-and-like organisms (BALO) reveals extensive diversity

International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology

Volumn 52, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 2089-2094

  Snyder, Andrew R ^a   Williams, Henry N ^a   Baer, Marcie L ^b   Walker, Kimberly E ^b   Stine, O Colin ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

16S rDNA; Bdellovibrio and like organisms; Environmental diversity

Indexed keywords

DNA 16S; RNA 16S; SEA WATER;

ARTICLE; BACTERIOVORAX; BACTERIOVORAX STARRII; BACTERIOVORAX STOLPII; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BDELLOVIBRIO; CLASSIFICATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; FRESHWATER ENVIRONMENT; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENETIC DIFFERENCE; GENETIC DISTANCE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD METHOD; MORPHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PREY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS PUTIDA; RNA SEQUENCE; TAXONOMY; TERRESTRIAL SURFACE WATERS; UNINDEXED SEQUENCE;

BASE SEQUENCE; BDELLOVIBRIO; DELTAPROTEOBACTERIA; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; PSEUDOMONAS PUTIDA; RNA, BACTERIAL; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BACTERIOVORAX; BACTERIOVORAX STARRII; BACTERIOVORAX STOLPII; BDELLOVIBRIO; BDELLOVIBRIO BACTERIOVORUS; DELTAPROTEOBACTERIA; GAMMAPROTEOBACTERIA; NEGIBACTERIA; PROKARYOTA; PSEUDOMONAS; PSEUDOMONAS PUTIDA;

EID: 0036865663     PISSN: 14665026     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/ijs.0.02261-0     Document Type: Article

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