Comparison of 16S rRNA, nifD, recA, gyrB, rpoB and fusA genes within the family Geobacteraceae fam. nov

International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology

Volumn 54, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 1591-1599

  Holmes, Dawn E ^a   Nevin, Kelly P ^a   Lovley, Derek R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA TOPOISOMERASE (ATP HYDROLYSING) B; ELONGATION FACTOR G; GENOMIC DNA; NITROGENASE; RECA PROTEIN; RIBOSOME RNA; RNA 16S; RNA POLYMERASE BETA SUBUNIT;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA EXTRACTION; DNA LIBRARY; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE CLUSTER; GENE STRUCTURE; GENE TARGETING; GENETIC CODE; GENETIC CONSERVATION; GEOBACTERACEAE; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; NITROGEN FIXATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA SEQUENCE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION; TAXONOMY; UNINDEXED SEQUENCE;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; DELTAPROTEOBACTERIA; DESULFUROMONAS; DNA GYRASE; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; DNA-DIRECTED RNA POLYMERASES; GENES, BACTERIAL; GENES, RRNA; GEOBACTER; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NITROGEN FIXATION; PEPTIDE ELONGATION FACTOR G; PHYLOGENY; REC A RECOMBINASES; RNA, BACTERIAL; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

DESULFUROMONAS; DESULFUROMUSA; GEOBACTER; GEOBACTER SP.; GEOBACTERACEAE; PELOBACTER; PELOBACTER PROPIONICUS; PROTEOBACTERIA;

EID: 5444244948     PISSN: 14665026     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/ijs.0.02958-0     Document Type: Article

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