Actinobacterial 16S rRNA genes from freshwater habitats cluster in four distinct lineages

Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 242-253

  Warnecke, Falk ^a   Amann, Rudolf ^a   Pernthaler, Jakob ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR MARINE MICROBIOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; FRESH WATER; RIBOSOME DNA; RNA 16S;

ACTINOBACTERIA; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DNA SEQUENCE; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENT; GENE LIBRARY; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA GENE;

ACTINOBACTERIA; CLONING, MOLECULAR; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENT; FRESH WATER; GENE LIBRARY; GENES, RRNA; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; WATER MICROBIOLOGY;

ACTINOBACTERIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); PROKARYOTA;

EID: 1342289956     PISSN: 14622912     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1462-2920.2004.00561.x     Document Type: Article

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