Genetic characterization of Chromobacterium isolates from black water environments in the Brazilian Amazon

Letters in Applied Microbiology

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 17-23

  Hungria, Mariangela ^a   Astolfi Filho, S ^b   Chueire, L M O ^a   Nicolas M F ^c   Santos, E B P ^b   Bulbol, M R ^b   Souza Filho, A ^b   Nogueira Assuncao E ^b   Germano, M G ^a,d   Vasconcelos, A T R ^c  

^a EMBRAPA CERRADOS   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF AMAZONAS   (Brazil)

^c LABORATÓRIO NACIONAL DE COMPUTAÇÃO CIENTÍFICA   (Brazil)

^d STATE UNIVERSITY OF LONDRINA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

16S rRNA; 23S rRNA; Amazon region; Biodiversity; Chromobacterium violaceum; rep PCR

Indexed keywords

GENES; RNA;

16S RRNA; 23S RRNA; AMAZON REGION; BLACK WATER; BRAZILIAN AMAZON; CHROMOBACTERIUM; CHROMOBACTERIUM VIOLACEUM; GENETIC CHARACTERIZATION; GENETICS DIVERSITIES; REP-PCR;

BIODIVERSITY;

BACTERIAL DNA; DNA 16S; DNA 23S; GENOMIC DNA; RIVER WATER; RNA 16S; RNA 23S;

AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT; BACTERIUM; BIODIVERSITY; GENETIC VARIATION;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BIODIVERSITY; BRAZIL; CHROMOBACTERIUM; CULTURE MEDIUM; MICROBIAL DIVERSITY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; WATER SAMPLING;

BRAZIL; RIO NEGRO [SOUTH AMERICA]; SOUTH AMERICA; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

CHROMOBACTERIUM; CHROMOBACTERIUM VIOLACEUM;

EID: 21344454045     PISSN: 02668254     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1472-765X.2005.01724.x     Document Type: Article

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