Detection of stratified microbial populations related to Chlorobium and Fibrobacter species in the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 62, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 1171-1177

  Gordon, D A ^a   Giovannoni, S J ^a  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; CHLOROPHYLL A; RIBOSOME RNA;

ARTICLE; ATLANTIC OCEAN; BACTERIUM DETECTION; CHLOROBIUM; DNA LIBRARY; NONHUMAN; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE PROBE; PACIFIC OCEAN; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEASONAL VARIATION;

BACTERIAL DIVERSITY; GENES; NANNOPLANKTON; STRATIFICATION;

ATLANTIC; PACIFIC;

CHLOROBIUM; FIBROBACTER;

EID: 0029667158     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aem.62.4.1171-1177.1996     Document Type: Article

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