Application of rpoB sequence similarity analysis, REP-PCR and BOX-PCR for the differentiation of species within the genus Geobacillus

Letters in Applied Microbiology

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 395-401

  Meintanis, C ^a   Chalkou, K I ^a   Kormas, K Ar ^b   Lymperopoulou, D S ^a   Katsifas, E A ^a   Hatzinikolaou, D G ^a   Karagouni, A D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THESSALY   (Greece)

Author keywords

16S rRNA; Geobacillus; PCR; Phyologeny; rpoB

Indexed keywords

BACTERIOLOGY; GENES; RNA;

16S RRNA; BOX-PCR; DIFFERENTIATION OF SPECIES; GEOBACILLUS; PCR; PHYOLOGENY; REP-PCR; RPOB; SEQUENCE SIMILARITY; SIMILARITY ANALYSIS;

POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

PALINDROMIC DNA; RNA POLYMERASE; RNA POLYMERASE BETA SUBUNIT; TRANSFER RNA;

BIODIVERSITY; GENE EXPRESSION; RNA;

BACTERIUM; COMPARATIVE STUDY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC DIFFERENTIATION; PHYLOGENETICS; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL REPRODUCTION; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BETA CHAIN; FINGER DERMATOGLYPHICS; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GEOBACILLUS; HABITAT; MOLECULAR TYPING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENETIC TREE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION; THERMOPHILIC BACTERIUM; VOLCANO;

GEOBACILLUS;

EID: 39149130362     PISSN: 02668254     EISSN: 1472765X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1472-765X.2008.02328.x     Document Type: Article

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