Application of T-RFLP analysis to the study of the coastal Black Sea bacterioplankton

Romanian Biotechnological Letters

Volumn 14, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 4710-4719

  Stoica, Elena ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR MARINE RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT GRIGORE ANTIPA   (Romania)

Author keywords

Archaea; Bacteria; Bacterioplankton; Black Sea; Diversity; Genetic fingerprinting method; T RFLP

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); PROKARYOTA;

EID: 77951653383     PISSN: 12245984     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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