Morphological and phylogenic diversity of cyanobacterial populations in six hot springs of Thailand

ScienceAsia

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 153-162

  Sompong, Udomluk ^a   Anuntalabhochai, Somboon ^a   Cutler, Robert W ^b   Castenholz, Richard W ^c   Peerapornpisal, Yuwadee ^a  

^a MAHASARAKHAM UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^b BARD COLLEGE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

Author keywords

DGGE; Hot springs; Phylogenetics; Thailand; Thermophilic cyanobacteria

Indexed keywords

EID: 47949126469     PISSN: 15131874     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2306/scienceasia1513-1874.2008.34.153     Document Type: Article

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