16S-23S rRNA Intergenic Spacer Region Variability in the Genus Frankia

Microbial Ecology

Volumn 60, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 487-495

  Ghodhbane Gtari, Faten ^a   Nouioui, Imen ^a   Chair, Mohamed ^a   Boudabous, Abdellatif ^a   Gtari, Maher ^a  

^a FACULTÉ DES SCIENCES DE TUNIS   (Tunisia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FRANKIA;

EID: 77958030333     PISSN: 00953628     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00248-010-9641-6     Document Type: Article

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