Phenotypic and phylogenetic analyses show Microcoleus chthonoplastes to be a cosmopolitan cyanobacterium.

doi:10.1128/aem.62.9.3284-3291.1996

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Phenotypic and phylogenetic analyses show Microcoleus chthonoplastes to be a cosmopolitan cyanobacterium.

Applied and environmental microbiology - 1 Sept 1996

Garcia-Pichel F, Prufert-Bebout L, Muyzer G

Abstract excerpt

We used micromanipulation to isolate from their environment representative samples of seven geographically distant field populations fitting the description of Microcoleus chthonoplastes (a cyanobacterium) and obtained seven corresponding cultured strains. Samples of both field populations and cu...

Topics

Base Sequence
Catalase
Cyanobacteria
DNA, Ribosomal
Molecular Sequence Data
Phenotype
Phylogeny
RNA, Ribosomal, 16S

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