Metagenomic approach to the study of halophages: The environmental halophage 1

Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 9, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 1711-1723

  Santos, Fernando ^a   Meyerdierks, Anke ^b   Peña, Arantxa ^a   Rosselló Mora, Ramon ^c   Amann, Rudolf ^b   Antón, Josefa ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALICANTE   (Spain)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR MARINE MICROBIOLOGY   (Germany)

^c INSTITUTO MEDITERRÁNEO DE ESTUDIOS AVANZADOS   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PRIMER DNA; SEA WATER;

ARTICLE; BACTERIOPHAGE; BIODIVERSITY; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CODON; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DNA BASE COMPOSITION; DNA SEQUENCE; GENETICS; GENOME; HALOBACTERIUM; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; RESTRICTION MAPPING; SOUTHERN BLOTTING; SPAIN; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ULTRASTRUCTURE; VIROLOGY; VIRUS GENOME;

BACTERIOPHAGES; BASE COMPOSITION; BASE SEQUENCE; BIODIVERSITY; BLOTTING, SOUTHERN; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CODON; DNA PRIMERS; GENOME COMPONENTS; GENOME, VIRAL; HALOBACTERIACEAE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; RESTRICTION MAPPING; SEAWATER; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SPAIN; WATER MICROBIOLOGY;

HALOQUADRATUM WALSBYI; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 34250206625     PISSN: 14622912     EISSN: 14622920     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1462-2920.2007.01289.x     Document Type: Article

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