Recovery of as-yet-uncultured soil Acidobacteria on dilute solid media

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 77, Issue 22, 2011, Pages 8184-8188

  George, Isabelle F ^a   Hartmann, Manuela ^b   Liles, Mark R ^c   Agathos, Spiros N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

^b NATIONAL OCEANOGRAPHY CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^c AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALKALINE SOILS; SOLID MEDIA;

BIOTECHNOLOGY;

MICROBIOLOGY;

BACTERIAL DNA; RIBOSOME DNA; RNA 16S;

BACTERIUM; GROWTH; SOIL MICROORGANISM; TAXONOMY;

ACIDOBACTERIA; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DNA SEQUENCE; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY;

ACIDOBACTERIA; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY;

EID: 83055188786     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.05956-11     Document Type: Article

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