Environmental genomics, the big picture?

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 231, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 153-158

  Rodríguez Valera, Francisco ^a  

^a MIGUEL HERNÁNDEZ UNIVERSITY   (Spain)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Environmental genomics; Genome evolution; Metagenome

Indexed keywords

DNA; RIBOSOME RNA;

ALLELE; BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIUM; CAENORHABDITIS; CLOSTRIDIUM ACETOBUTYLICUM; CODON; DATA ANALYSIS; DROSOPHILA; ENVIRONMENT; ESCHERICHIA COLI; EUKARYOTE; EVOLUTION; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE LIBRARY; GENE POOL; GENE SEQUENCE; GENOMICS; MICROBIAL DIVERSITY; MICROBIAL GENETICS; MICROORGANISM; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROKARYOTE; SACCHAROMYCES; SHORT SURVEY; SPECIES; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; TAXONOMY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); EUKARYOTA; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 1342300599     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1097(04)00006-0     Document Type: Short Survey

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