Use of the Genomic Signature in Bacterial Classification and Identification

Systematic and Applied Microbiology

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 175-185

  Coenye, Tom ^a   Vandamme, Peter ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

16S rDNA sequencing; DNA DNA hybridisation; Genomic signature

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; DINUCLEOTIDE; DNA 16S;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BUCHNERA; DNA DNA HYBRIDIZATION; DNA SEQUENCE; ENDOSYMBIONT; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RICKETTSIA; WIGGLESWORTHIA;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BUCHNERA; EPSILONPROTEOBACTERIA; GAMMAPROTEOBACTERIA; NEGIBACTERIA; POSIBACTERIA; PROKARYOTA; PROTEOBACTERIA; RICKETTSIA; WIGGLESWORTHIA;

EID: 1542348484     PISSN: 07232020     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1078/072320204322881790     Document Type: Article

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