Improved technique for the isolation of magnetotactic spirilla from a freshwater sediment and their phylogenetic characterization

Systematic and Applied Microbiology

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 466-471

  Schüler, Dirk ^a,b   Spring, Stefan ^c   Bazylinski, Dennis A ^a  

^a IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR MARINE MICROBIOLOGY   (Germany)

^c TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

16S rRNA; Cultivation; Gradient cultures; Magnetotactic bacteria; Phylogenetic analysis; Sediment bacteria

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL RNA; FRESH WATER; OXYGEN; RIBOSOME RNA; SULFIDE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; GENE SEQUENCE; MAGNETIC FIELD; MAGNETOSPIRILLUM; MORPHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEDIMENT; SPIRILLUM; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

MAGNETOSPIRILLUM;

EID: 0040992757     PISSN: 07232020     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0723-2020(99)80056-3     Document Type: Article

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