The genetic similarity of different generations of Neocallimastix frontalis SK

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 221, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 227-231

  Chen, Yo Chia ^a,b   Hseu, Ruey Shyang ^b   Cheng, Kou Joan ^a  

^a AGRICULTURAL BIOTECHNOLOGY RESEARCH CENTER   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Anaerobic rumen fungus; Genetic similarity; Neocallimastix frontalis SK; RAPD profiling

Indexed keywords

INTERNAL TRANSCRIBED SPACER 1; PRIMER DNA; RIBOSOME DNA; FUNGAL DNA; RIBOSOMAL SPACER DNA;

ARTICLE; DNA POLYMORPHISM; DNA SEQUENCE; FUNGAL STRAIN; GENETIC SIMILARITY; GENETIC STABILITY; NEOCALLIMASTIX; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOM AMPLIFIED POLYMORPHIC DNA; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; CLASSIFICATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; MOLECULAR GENETICS; RNA GENE;

FUNGI; NEOCALLIMASTIX FRONTALIS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; DNA, FUNGAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL SPACER; GENES, RRNA; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NEOCALLIMASTIX; RANDOM AMPLIFIED POLYMORPHIC DNA TECHNIQUE; VARIATION (GENETICS);

EID: 0142093988     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1097(03)00207-6     Document Type: Article

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