Differentiation of Shewanella putrefaciens and Shewanella alga on the basis of whole-cell protein profiles, ribotyping, phenotypic characterization, and 16S rRNA gene sequence analysis

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 63, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 2189-2199

  Fonnesbech Vogel, Birte ^a   Jørgensen, Kirsten ^b   Christensen, Henrik ^b   Olsen, John Elmerdahl ^b   Gram, Lone ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RNA 16S;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; GENE SEQUENCE; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; RIBOTYPING; SHEWANELLA PUTREFACIENS;

ALGAE; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); PSEUDOMONAS; SHEWANELLA ALGAE; SHEWANELLA HANEDAI; SHEWANELLA PUTREFACIENS;

EID: 0342941173     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aem.63.6.2189-2199.1997     Document Type: Article

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