PCR primers to amplify 16S rRNA genes from cyanobacteria

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 63, Issue 8, 1997, Pages 3327-3332

  Nübel, Ulrich ^a   Garcia Pichel, Ferran ^a   Muyzer, Gerard ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR MARINE MICROBIOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OLIGONUCLEOTIDE; RIBOSOME RNA; RNA 16S;

ARTICLE; CYANOBACTERIUM; DENATURING GRADIENT GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; DIATOM; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE SEQUENCE; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

BACILLARIOPHYTA; CYANOBACTERIA;

EID: 0343247819     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aem.63.8.3327-3332.1997     Document Type: Article

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