The Planctomycetes, Verrucomicrobia, Chlamydiae and sister phyla comprise a superphylum with biotechnological and medical relevance

Current Opinion in Biotechnology

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 241-249

  Wagner, Michael ^a   Horn, Matthias ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOTECHNOLOGY; ECOLOGY; GENES; MICROBIOLOGY; MICROORGANISMS; PHYSIOLOGY; POLYVINYL CHLORIDES; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

CHLAMYDIAE; COLONIZE; PLANCTOMYCETES; SHARPLY CONTRASTING HABITATS; VERRUCOMICROBIA;

BACTERIA;

RIBOSOME RNA;

BIOTECHNOLOGY; CELL LINEAGE; CHLAMYDIA; GENOME; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; LIFESTYLE; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; MICROORGANISM; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NITROGEN CYCLE; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RNA SEQUENCE; SOIL; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT;

BACTERIAL PHYSIOLOGY; BIOTECHNOLOGY; CHLAMYDIA; ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY; EVOLUTION; PHYLOGENY; WATER MICROBIOLOGY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CANDIDATUS PORIBACTERIA; CHLAMYDIAE; LENTISPHAERAE; PLANCTOMYCETES; VERRUCOMICROBIA;

EID: 33744927902     PISSN: 09581669     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.copbio.2006.05.005     Document Type: Review

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