Phylogenetic analysis of several Thermus strains from Rehai of Tengchong, Yunnan, China

Canadian Journal of Microbiology

Volumn 51, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 881-886

  Lin, Lianbing ^a   Zhang, Jie ^b   Wei, Yunlin ^a   Chen, Chaoyin ^a   Peng, Qian ^b  

^a KUNMING UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b YUNNAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Diversity; Phylogenetic analysis; RNA secondary structure; Thermus

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; DNA; GENES; STRAIN;

DIVERSITY; PHYLOGENETIC ANALYSIS; RNA SECONDARY STRUCTURE; THERMUS;

GENETIC ENGINEERING;

RNA 16S;

PHYLOGENETICS; SPECIES DIVERSITY; THERMAL SPRING;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; CHINA; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE SEQUENCE; GENE STRUCTURE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN SECONDARY STRUCTURE; RNA SEQUENCE; THERMAL SPRING; THERMUS;

BASE SEQUENCE; CHINA; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; GENES, RRNA; HOT SPRINGS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; THERMUS; VARIATION (GENETICS);

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; TENGCHONG; YUNNAN;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; THERMUS;

EID: 32544441901     PISSN: 00084166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/w05-087     Document Type: Article

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