Fingerprinting cyanobionts and hosts of the Azolla symbiosis by DNA amplification

World Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 97-101

  Ji Hee Kim, J ^a   Krawczyk, K ^a   Lorentz, W P ^a   Zimmerman, W J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN DEARBORN   (United States)

Author keywords

16s rrn gene; Azolla; cyanobionts; fingerprints; RAPDs; trnL intron

Indexed keywords

ANABAENA; ANABAENA AZOLLAE; AZOLLA; AZOLLA FILICULOIDES; FILICOPHYTA; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 8044253416     PISSN: 09593993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/bf02770814     Document Type: Article

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