Isolation and Identification of Myxobacteria from Saline-Alkaline Soils in Xinjiang, China

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 8, 2013, Pages

  Zhang, Xianjiao ^a,b,c   Yao, Qing ^d   Cai, Zhuoping ^b,c   Xie, Xiaolin ^b,c   Zhu, Honghui ^a,b,c  

^a Tarim University   (China)

^b Guangdong Provincial Microbial Culture Collection and Application Key Laboratory   (China)

^c GUANGDONG INSTITUTE OF MICROBIOLOGY   (China)

^d SOUTH CHINA AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALKALI; RNA 16S; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CHINA; CORALLOCOCCUS; CYSTOBACTER; GENE SEQUENCE; MICROBIAL MORPHOLOGY; MYXOCOCCALES; MYXOCOCCUS; NANNOCYSTIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYANGIUM; SOIL; SOIL MICROFLORA; SORANGIUM;

CHINA; DNA, BACTERIAL; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; MYXOCOCCALES; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SODIUM CHLORIDE; SOIL; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY;

EID: 84881148687     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0070466     Document Type: Article

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