Distribution and Diversity of Symbiotic Thermophiles, Symbiobacterium thermophilum and Related Bacteria, in Natural Environments

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 67, Issue 9, 2001, Pages 3779-3784

  Ueda, Kenji ^a   Ohno, Michiyo ^a   Yamamoto, Kaori ^a   Nara, Hanae ^a   Mori, Yujiro ^a   Shimada, Masafumi ^a   Hayashi, Masahiko ^a   Oida, Hanako ^a   Terashima, Yuko ^a   Nagata, Mitsuyo ^a   Beppu, Teruhiko ^a  

^a NIHON UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

KANAMYCIN; RNA 16S; TRYPTOPHANASE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CATTLE; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; CULTURE MEDIUM; DNA SEQUENCE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; RNA GENE; SYMBIOSIS; TEMPERATURE;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; CULTURE MEDIA; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY; GENES, RRNA; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIA; KANAMYCIN; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SYMBIOSIS; TEMPERATURE; TRYPTOPHANASE; VARIATION (GENETICS);

EID: 18044404834     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.67.9.3779-3784.2001     Document Type: Article

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