Characterization of true-branching cyanobacteria from geothermal sites and hot springs of Costa Rica

Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 460-473

  Finsinger, Karin ^a   Scholz, Ingeborg ^a   Serrano, Aurelio ^b   Morales, Saylen ^c   Uribe Lorio, Lorena ^c   Mora, Marielos ^c   Sittenfeld, Ana ^c   Weckesser, Jürgen ^a   Hess, Wolfgang R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SEVILLE   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSIDAD DE COSTA RICA   (Costa Rica)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; RIBOSOMAL SPACER DNA; RNA 16S;

ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; COSTA RICA; CYANOBACTERIUM; DNA SEQUENCE; GENETICS; HEAT; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PHYSIOLOGY; THERMAL SPRING; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

COSTA RICA; CYANOBACTERIA; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL SPACER; HEAT; HOT SPRINGS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

CYANOBACTERIA; FISCHERELLA; FISCHERELLA MUSCICOLA; MASTIGOCLADUS; STIGONEMATALES; WESTIELLOPSIS;

EID: 38049153412     PISSN: 14622912     EISSN: 14622920     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1462-2920.2007.01467.x     Document Type: Article

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