Enrichment culture and microscopy conceal diverse thermophilic Synechococcus populations in a single hot spring microbial mat habitat

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 62, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 1045-1050

  Ferris, M J ^a   Ruff Roberts, A L ^a   Kopczynski, E D ^a   Bateson, M M ^a   Ward, D M ^a  

^a MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BIODIVERSITY; CULTURE MEDIUM; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; NONHUMAN; RNA SEQUENCE; THERMOPHILIC BACTERIUM;

HOT SPRING; MICROBIAL MAT;

USA, WYOMING, YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK, OCTOPUS SPRING;

SYNECHOCOCCUS;

EID: 0029661226     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aem.62.3.1045-1050.1996     Document Type: Article

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