The cyanobiont in an Azolla fern is neither Anabaena nor Nostoc

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 229, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 43-47

  Baker, Judith A ^a   Entsch, Barrie ^b   McKay, David B ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW ENGLAND   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF THE SUNSHINE COAST   (Australia)

Author keywords

Azolla fern; Cyanobacterial symbiont; Phylogenetic relationship

Indexed keywords

PHYCOCYANIN; RNA 16S; SPACER DNA;

ANABAENA; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENETICS; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYANOBACTERIUM; FERN; GENETIC VARIABILITY; MOLECULAR PHYLOGENY; NONHUMAN; NOSTOC; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SYMBIONT;

ANABAENA; AZOLLA; AZOLLA FILICULOIDES; CYANOBACTERIA; FILICOPHYTA; NOSTOC;

EID: 0344196878     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1097(03)00784-5     Document Type: Article

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