PCR-ribotyping of Xenorhabdus and Photorhabdus isolates from the caribbean region in relation to the taxonomy and geographic distribution of their nematode hosts

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 64, Issue 11, 1998, Pages 4246-4254

  Fischer Le Saux, Marion ^a   Mauléon, Hervé ^b   Constant, Philippe ^b   Brunel, Brigitte ^c   Boemare, Noël ^a,d  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b CEMAGREF   (France)

^c MONTPELLIER SUPAGRO   (France)

^d UNIV MONTPELLIER   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RIBOSOME DNA; RNA 16S;

BACTERIUM; BIOGEOGRAPHY; NEMATODE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SYMBIOSIS; TAXONOMY;

ARTICLE; CARIBBEAN ISLANDS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; GENOTYPE; NEMATODE; NONHUMAN; PHOTORHABDUS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; RIBOTYPING; SYMBIOSIS; TAXONOMY; XENORHABDUS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; NEGIBACTERIA; NEMATODA; PHOTORHABDUS; XENORHABDUS;

EID: 0345019852     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aem.64.11.4246-4254.1998     Document Type: Article

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