Horizontal heterogeneity of denitrifying bacterial communities in marine sediments by terminal restriction fragment length polymorphism analysis

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 66, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 1980-1986

  Scala, David J ^a   Kerkhof, Lee J ^b,c  

^a The State University of New Jersey   (United States)

^b RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NITROUS OXIDE REDUCTASE;

BACTERIUM; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; DENITRIFICATION; HETEROGENEITY; MARINE SEDIMENT; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM; DENITRIFICATION; GENE; GENE SEQUENCE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; SEDIMENT;

CLUSTER ANALYSIS; ECOSYSTEM; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; GRAM-NEGATIVE AEROBIC RODS AND COCCI; NEW JERSEY; OXIDOREDUCTASES; PHYLOGENY; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; SEAWATER;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); PANTHERA;

EID: 0034071156     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.66.5.1980-1986.2000     Document Type: Article

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