High resolution genetic diversity studies of marine Synechococcus isolates using rpoC1-based restriction fragment length polymorphism

Aquatic Microbial Ecology

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 263-275

  Mühling, Martin ^a,b   Fuller, Nick J ^b   Somerfield, Paul J ^a   Post, Anton F ^c   Wilson, William H ^a   Scanlan, David J ^b   Joint, Ian ^a   Mann, Nicholas H ^b  

^a PLYMOUTH MARINE LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

^c The Interuniversity Institute for Marine Science Eilat   (Israel)

Author keywords

Genetic diversity; Marine; Population dynamics; rpoC1; Synechococcus spp.

Indexed keywords

CYANOBIUM; SYNECHOCOCCUS;

EID: 33846544987     PISSN: 09483055     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/ame045263     Document Type: Article

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