Marine bacterial microdiversity as revealed by internal transcribed spacer analysis

Aquatic Microbial Ecology

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 15-23

  Brown, Mark V ^a,b   Fuhrman, Jed A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

Intergenic transcribed spacer; Microbial ecology; Microdiversity

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); PROCHLOROCOCCUS; ROSEOBACTER;

EID: 28944440027     PISSN: 09483055     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/ame041015     Document Type: Article

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