Updating prokaryotic taxonomy

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 187, Issue 18, 2005, Pages 6255-6257

  Rosselló Mora, Ramon ^a  

^a CSIC   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RNA 16S;

BIODIVERSITY; CLASSIFICATION; COMPARATIVE GENOMIC HYBRIDIZATION; ECOLOGY; EUKARYOTE; EVOLUTION; GENE SEQUENCE; METHODOLOGY; NONHUMAN; NOTE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROKARYOTE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SPECIES; TAXONOMY;

BACTERIA; CLASSIFICATION; PHYLOGENY; PROKARYOTIC CELLS; TERMINOLOGY;

EUKARYOTA; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 24944433946     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.187.18.6255-6257.2005     Document Type: Note

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