A polyphasic approach to study the diversity and vertical distribution of sulfur-oxidizing Thiomicrospira species in coastal sediments of the German Wadden Sea

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 64, Issue 12, 1998, Pages 4650-4657

  Brinkhoff, Thorsten ^a   Santegoeds, Cecilia M ^a   Sahm, Kerstin ^a   Kuever, Jan ^a   Muyzer, Gerard ^a,b  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR MARINE MICROBIOLOGY   (Germany)

^b ROYAL NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR SEA RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RIBOSOME DNA; RNA 16S; SULFUR DERIVATIVE;

BACTERIUM; COASTAL SEDIMENT; FUNCTIONAL GROUP; SPECIES DIVERSITY; VERTICAL DISTRIBUTION;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM; BIODIVERSITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENATURING GRADIENT GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; DNA SEQUENCE; HYBRIDIZATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PH; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA SEQUENCE; SEA; SEDIMENT; THIOMICROSPIRA;

WADDEN SEA;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); THIOMICROSPIRA;

EID: 0031769226     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aem.64.12.4650-4657.1998     Document Type: Article

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