Nucleic Acid Analysis and SDS-PAGE of Whole-cell Proteins in Bacillus Taxonomy

Applications and Systematics of Bacillus and Relatives

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 141-159

  De Vos, Paul ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Bacillus; Bacteria; Nucleic acid analysis; Proteins; Taxonomy

Indexed keywords

EID: 33750887494     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9780470696743.ch10     Document Type: Chapter

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