Bacillus endospores isolated from granite: Close molecular relationships to globally distributed Bacillus spp. from endolithic and extreme environments

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 72, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 2856-2863

  Fajardo Cavazos, Patricia ^a   Nicholson, Wayne ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b KENNEDY SPACE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GRANITE; MICROBIOLOGY; RNA; ROCKS; SEDIMENTS; SOILS; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

ANTARCTIC SOILS; BACILLUS SPP.; INTERPLANETARY TRANSFER; SPORE-FORMING BACTERIA;

BACTERIA;

RNA 16S;

BACTERIUM; GENE; GRANITE; SEAFLOOR; SEDIMENT;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS; BACTERIAL SPORE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; GENE SEQUENCE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GRANITE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; ROCK; SEDIMENT; SPACE FLIGHT; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; UNITED STATES;

BACILLUS; DNA, BACTERIAL; ENVIRONMENT; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SILICON DIOXIDE; SPORES, BACTERIAL;

ARIZONA; NORTH AMERICA; SANTA CATALINA MOUNTAINS; UNITED STATES;

BACILLUS (BACTERIUM); BACILLUS BARBARICUS; BACILLUS DRENTENSIS; BACILLUS MEGATERIUM; BACILLUS NIACINI; BACILLUS SIMPLEX; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 33646117511     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.72.4.2856-2863.2006     Document Type: Article

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