Bacterial primary colonization and early succession on surfaces in marine waters as determined by amplified rRNA gene restriction analysis and sequence analysis of 16S rRNA genes

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 66, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 467-475

  Dang, Hongyue ^a   Lovell, Charles R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RIBOSOME DNA; RNA 16S; SURFACE WATER;

BACTERIUM; BIOFILM; COLONIZATION; COMMUNITY DYNAMICS; GENETIC ANALYSIS; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; SUCCESSION;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BIOFILM; DNA SEQUENCE; ECOLOGY; ESTUARY; GENE AMPLIFICATION; HYDROPHILICITY; HYDROPHOBICITY; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; RESTRICTION MAPPING; RNA GENE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; UNINDEXED SEQUENCE;

ALPHAPROTEOBACTERIA; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; ECOSYSTEM; GAMMAPROTEOBACTERIA; GENES, RRNA; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMERS; RESTRICTION MAPPING; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEAWATER; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; WATER MICROBIOLOGY;

ALPHAPROTEOBACTERIA; ALTEROMONAS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); GAMMAPROTEOBACTERIA; PROTEOBACTERIA; ROSEOBACTER;

EID: 0033960446     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.66.2.467-475.2000     Document Type: Article

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