Nature of polymorphisms in 16S-23S rRNA gene intergenic transcribed spacer fingerprinting of Bacillus and related genera

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 69, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 5128-5137

  Daffonchio, Daniele ^a   Cherif, Ameur ^a,b   Brusetti, Lorenzo ^a   Rizzi, Aurora ^a   Mora, Diego ^a   Boudabous, Abdellatif ^b   Borin, Sara ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^b FACULTÉ DES SCIENCES DE TUNIS   (Tunisia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIOLOGY; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; POLYACRYLATES; POLYAMIDES; RNA;

GENE TRANSCRIPTIONS;

GENETIC ENGINEERING;

CYTOSINE; GUANINE; HETERODUPLEX; RNA 16S; RNA 23S; SPACER DNA; TRANSFER RNA;

DNA FINGERPRINTING; IDENTIFICATION METHOD; POLYMORPHISM; TAXONOMY;

AMPLICON; ARTICLE; BACILLUS; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BREVIBACILLUS; CAPILLARY ELECTROPHORESIS; DNA FINGERPRINTING; DNA SEQUENCE; ENDOSPORE-FORMING RODS AND COCCI; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GEOBACILLUS; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPERON; PAENIBACILLUS; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REPRODUCIBILITY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SPECIES ENDEMICITY; STRAIN IDENTIFICATION;

ACTINOBACTERIA (CLASS); BACILLUS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BREVIBACILLUS; GEOBACILLUS; PAENIBACILLUS; POSIBACTERIA; PROKARYOTA; UNCULTURED ACTINOMYCETE;

EID: 0141495314     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.69.9.5128-5137.2003     Document Type: Article

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