Molecular characterization of endolithic cyanobacteria inhabiting exposed dolomite in central Switzerland

Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 5, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 618-627

  Sigler, William V ^a   Bachofen, Reinhard ^b   Zeyer, Josef ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM CARBONATE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; CULTURE MEDIA; CYANOBACTERIA; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; ELECTROPHORESIS; GENES, RRNA; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; MAGNESIUM; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SWITZERLAND;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CALOTHRIX; CHLOROPHYTA; CHROOCOCCIDIOPSIS; CYANOBACTERIA; LEPTOLYNGBYA; MICROCOLEUS; NOSTOC; PHOTOBACTERIA; SCYTONEMA; STICHOCOCCUS; STICHOCOCCUS BACILLARIS; SYMPLOCA;

EID: 0038301968     PISSN: 14622912     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1462-2920.2003.00453.x     Document Type: Article

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