DNA relatedness, divergence, and sibling species of the lactic acid bacterium Streptococcus thermophilus

Microbiology

Volumn 70, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 59-63

  Lysenko, A M ^a   Botina, S G ^b   Ganina, V I ^c   Sukhodolets, V V ^b  

^a RUSSIAN ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (Russian Federation)

^b STATE RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF GENETICS AND SELECTION OF INDUSTRIAL MICROORGANISMS   (Russian Federation)

^c MOSCOW STATE UNIVERSITY OF FOOD PRODUCTION   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

DNA hybridization level; DNA reassociation in solution; Sibling species; Thermophilic streptococci

Indexed keywords

EID: 22144434609     PISSN: 00262617     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1004844921509     Document Type: Article

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