The phylotype of Thermus from the rehai geothermal area, Tengchong, China

Journal of Microbiology

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 152-156

  Guo, Chunlei ^a   Wang, Tao ^a   Zhu, Wei ^a   Zhang, Donghua ^a   Cui, Xiaolong ^a   Xu, Lihua ^a   Peng, Qian ^a  

^a YUNNAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Monophyletic group; Phylogenetic analysis; Thermus

Indexed keywords

AGAR; BACTERIAL DNA; DNA 16S;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CHINA; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; DNA SEQUENCE; ENRICHMENT CULTURE; MOLECULAR CLONING; MONOPHYLY; NONHUMAN; NUTRIENT; PHYLOGENETIC TREE; PROTEIN SECONDARY STRUCTURE; RNA STRUCTURE; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; THERMUS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); THERMUS;

EID: 0038796162     PISSN: 12258873     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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