Detection of verrucomicrobia in a pasture soil by PCR-mediated amplification of 16S rRNA genes

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 65, Issue 9, 1999, Pages 4280-4284

  O'Farrell, Katrina A ^a   Janssen, Peter H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; BACTERIAL RNA; RIBOSOME RNA;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; DNA SEQUENCE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA SEQUENCE; SOIL MICROFLORA;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); VERRUCOMICROBIA;

EID: 0039702585     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aem.65.9.4280-4284.1999     Document Type: Article

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