Intra-genomic variation in G + C content and its implications for DNA stable isotope probing

Environmental Microbiology Reports

Volumn 6, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 767-775

  Youngblut, Nicholas D ^a   Buckley, Daniel H ^a  

^a Cornell University ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; CARBON; NITROGEN;

BACTERIUM; CHEMISTRY; DNA BASE COMPOSITION; GENETICS; GENOMICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION;

BACTERIA; BASE COMPOSITION; CARBON ISOTOPES; DNA, BACTERIAL; GENOMICS; NITROGEN ISOTOPES;

EID: 84913596358     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17582229     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1758-2229.12201     Document Type: Article

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