Diversity and biogeography of marine actinobacteria

Current Opinion in Microbiology

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 279-286

  Ward, Alan C ^a   Bora, Nagamani ^b  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b Avecia Biotechnology   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MARINOMYCES A; MARINOMYCES B; MARINOMYCES C; MARINOMYCES D; METHANE; RIFAMYCIN DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACTINOBACTERIA; ACTINOMYCES; ANTIBIOTIC BIOSYNTHESIS; AQUATIC FAUNA; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIOPLANKTON; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BIODIVERSITY; BIOGEOGRAPHY; BIOSPHERE; GENOMICS; HABITAT STRUCTURE; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; MOLECULAR ECOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; REVIEW; SEDIMENT; SINGLE STRAND CONFORMATION POLYMORPHISM;

ACTINOBACTERIA; ANIMALS; CULTURE MEDIA; ECOSYSTEM; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; MARINE BIOLOGY; SEAWATER; VARIATION (GENETICS);

ACTINOBACTERIA; ACTINOBACTERIA (CLASS);

EID: 33744512094     PISSN: 13695274     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mib.2006.04.004     Document Type: Review

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