Usefulness of DNA barcoding in ecotoxicological investigations: Resolving taxonomic uncertainties using Eisenia Malm 1877 as an example

Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology

Volumn 82, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 261-264

  Voua Otomo, P ^a   Jansen Van Vuuren, B ^a   Reinecke, S A ^a  

^a STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

COI; Eisenia andrei; Eisenia fetida; Mitochondrial DNA

Indexed keywords

COI; DNA BARCODING; ECOTOXICOLOGICAL; EISENIA; EISENIA ANDREI; EISENIA FETIDA; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; SINGLE SPECIES; STANDARD TESTS; TEST ORGANISMS;

GENES; MITOCHONDRIA; NUCLEIC ACIDS; ORGANIC ACIDS; TAXONOMIES;

DNA;

ANIMALS; AUTOMATIC DATA PROCESSING; DNA; OLIGOCHAETA; TOXICITY TESTS;

EISENIA ANDREI; EISENIA FETIDA;

EID: 58249106888     PISSN: 00074861     EISSN: 14320800     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00128-008-9585-4     Document Type: Article

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