An examination of the bacteriophages and bacteria of the Namib desert

Journal of Microbiology

Volumn 46, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 364-372

  Prestel, Eric ^a   Salamitou, Sylvie ^a   Dubow, Michael S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SACLAY   (France)

Author keywords

16S rDNA; Bacteriophages; Desert sand; Electron microscopy

Indexed keywords

BACILLUS (BACTERIUM); BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BACTEROIDETES; CAUDOVIRALES; CHLOROFLEXI; CHLOROFLEXI (CLASS); FIRMICUTES; MYOVIRIDAE; PLANCTOMYCETES; PROTEOBACTERIA; SIPHOVIRIDAE;

BACTERIAL DNA; RIBOSOME DNA; RNA 16S; VIRUS DNA;

AFRICA; ARTICLE; BACTERIOPHAGE; BACTERIOPHAGE TYPING; BACTERIUM; CLASSIFICATION; DESERT CLIMATE; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PHYLOGENY; SEDIMENT; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

AFRICA; BACTERIA; BACTERIOPHAGE TYPING; BACTERIOPHAGES; DESERT CLIMATE; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; DNA, VIRAL; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S;

EID: 56149104616     PISSN: 12258873     EISSN: 12258873     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12275-008-0007-4     Document Type: Article

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