Biodiversity within hot spring microbial mat communities: Molecular monitoring of enrichment cultures

Antonie van Leeuwenhoek, International Journal of General and Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 71, Issue 1-2, 1997, Pages 143-150

  Ward, David M ^a   Santegoeds, Cecilia M ^a   Nold, Stephen C ^a   Ramsing, Niels B ^a   Ferris, Michael J ^a   Bateson, Mary M ^a  

^a MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

16S rRNA; Community ecology; Enrichment culture; Microbial biodiversity

Indexed keywords

HOT WATER; RIBOSOME RNA;

BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BIODIVERSITY; CONFERENCE PAPER; CYANOBACTERIUM; DENATURING GRADIENT GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; NONHUMAN; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA SEQUENCE; TEMPERATURE;

NASA DISCIPLINE EXOBIOLOGY; NON-NASA CENTER;

BACTERIA, AEROBIC; CHLOROBI; CULTURE MEDIA; CYANOBACTERIA; ECOSYSTEM; TEMPERATURE; THERMUS; WATER MICROBIOLOGY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CHLOROFLEXUS; CYANOBACTERIA; OCTOPUS; THERMUS;

ENRICHMENT CULTURE; HOT SPRING; MICROBIAL MAT;

EID: 0031465029     PISSN: 00036072     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1000131426164     Document Type: Conference Paper

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