Molecular ecology of hydrothermal vent microbial communities

Antonie van Leeuwenhoek, International Journal of General and Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 77, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 117-133

  Jeanthon, Christian ^a  

^a INSTITUT UNIVERSITAIRE EUROPÉEN DE LA MER   (France)

Author keywords

16S rRNA; Archaea; Bacteria; Hydrothermal vents; In situ hybridization; Molecular ecology; Probes

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; HYDROTHERMAL VENT COMMUNITY; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; MOLECULAR ECOLOGY; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

BACTERIUM ISOLATION; ECOLOGY; ECOSYSTEM; HIGH TEMPERATURE; LOW TEMPERATURE; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SYMBIOSIS; THERMOPHILIC BACTERIUM;

ANIMALS; ARCHAEA; ECOSYSTEM; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; HEAT; INVERTEBRATES; LIPIDS; NUCLEIC ACID HYBRIDIZATION; PROTEOBACTERIA; SEAWATER; SYMBIOSIS;

ARCHAEA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 0034021902     PISSN: 00036072     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1002463825025     Document Type: Review

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