Metagenomics uncovers a new group of low GC and ultra-small marine Actinobacteria

Scientific Reports

Volumn 3, Issue , 2013, Pages

  Ghai, Rohit ^a   Mizuno, Carolina Megumi ^a   Picazo, Antonio ^b   Camacho, Antonio ^b   Rodriguez Valera, Francisco ^a  

^a MIGUEL HERNÁNDEZ UNIVERSITY   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SEA WATER;

ACTINOBACTERIA; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENOME; DNA BASE COMPOSITION; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METAGENOME; METAGENOMICS; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PROCEDURES;

ACTINOBACTERIA; BASE COMPOSITION; BASE SEQUENCE; GENOME, BACTERIAL; METAGENOME; METAGENOMICS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; SEAWATER;

EID: 84883136008     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep02471     Document Type: Article

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