Identification of Thiothrix unzii in two distinct ecosystems

Letters in Applied Microbiology

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 88-91

  Brigmon, R L ^a   Furlong, M ^b   Whitman, W B ^b  

^a SAVANNAH RIVER NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Biofilm; Groundwater; Phylogenetic analysis; Thiothrix spp.

Indexed keywords

BIOFILMS; ECOSYSTEMS; INDIUM COMPOUNDS; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SULFUR COMPOUNDS; WATER TANKS;

16S RDNA; ARTESIAN; FEED SYSTEMS; FLORIDA; MUNICIPAL WATER; NATURAL SYSTEMS; PHYLOGENETIC ANALYSIS; RDNA SEQUENCE; SPRING WATER; THIOTHRIX SPP.;

GROUNDWATER;

GROUND WATER; RIBOSOME DNA; SULFIDE;

BIOFILM; BIOFOULING; IDENTIFICATION METHOD; MOLECULAR ECOLOGY;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BIOFILM; CENTRIFUGATION; CLONAL VARIATION; ECOSYSTEM; GENE LIBRARY; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SUBSPECIES; SULFUR BACTERIUM; THIOTHRIX UNZII; UNITED STATES; WATER SUPPLY;

FLORIDA; UNITED STATES;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); THIOTHRIX; THIOTHRIX UNZII;

EID: 0037240980     PISSN: 02668254     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1472-765X.2003.01256.x     Document Type: Article

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