Analysis of intra-genomic GC content homogeneity within prokaryotes

BMC Genomics

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2010, Pages

  Bohlin, Jon ^a,b   Snipen, Lars ^a   Hardy, Simon P ^a   Kristoffersen, Anja B ^b,c   Lagesen, Karin ^c,d,e   Dønsvik, Torunn ^c   Skjerve, Eystein ^a   Ussery, David W ^d  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

^b NORWEGIAN VETERINARY INSTITUTE   (Norway)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^d TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

^e OSLO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROBIC BACTERIUM; ANAEROBIC BACTERIUM; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIAL GROWTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA BASE COMPOSITION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; GENOME ANALYSIS; GENOME SIZE; HABITAT; NONHUMAN; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PHYLOGENY; PREDICTION; PROKARYOTE; AEROBIC METABOLISM; ANAEROBIC GROWTH; CHEMISTRY; GENOME; METABOLISM; PROKARYOTIC CELL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); PROKARYOTA;

AEROBIOSIS; ANAEROBIOSIS; BASE COMPOSITION; GENOME; PHYLOGENY; PROKARYOTIC CELLS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

EID: 77955203040     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712164     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2164-11-464     Document Type: Article

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