The phylogeny of the genus Nitrobacter based on comparative rep-PCR, 16S rRNA and nitrite oxidoreductase gene sequence analysis

Systematic and Applied Microbiology

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 297-308

  Vanparys, Bram ^a   Spieck, Eva ^b   Heylen, Kim ^a   Wittebolle, Lieven ^c   Geets, Joke ^c   Boon, Nico ^c   De Vos, Paul ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

^c GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

16S rRNA; Nitrite oxidoreductase; Nitrobacter; nxrA; nxrB; nxrX; Phylogenetic diversity; Rep PCR

Indexed keywords

NITRATE REDUCTASE; PRIMER DNA; RNA 16S;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENUS; HUMAN; NITROBACTER; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SPECIES IDENTIFICATION;

NITROBACTER;

EID: 34248548757     PISSN: 07232020     EISSN: 16180984     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.syapm.2006.11.006     Document Type: Article

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