Phylogenetic analyses of Caulerpa taxifolia (Chlorophyta) and of its associated bacterial microflora provide clues to the origin of the Mediterranean introduction

Molecular Ecology

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 931-946

  Meusnier, I ^a   Olsen, J L ^b   Stam, W T ^b   Destombe, C ^a   Valero, M ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

16S; Alga; Algae associated bacteria; Caulerpa taxifolia; Invasive species; ITS

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENTAL INTRODUCTION; ALGA GENETICS; AUSTRALIA; BACTERIAL DNA; BIOGEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC LINE; GENETIC RELATIONSHIP; GEOGRAPHIC ORIGIN; INTERNAL TRANSCRIBED SPACER; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; PHYLOGENETIC ANALYSIS; PLANT INTRODUCTION; RIBOSOME DNA; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

ALGAE, GREEN; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA, RIBOSOMAL SPACER; GENES, BACTERIAL; GENES, RRNA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; PROTEOBACTERIA; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S;

ALGAE; ALPHAPROTEOBACTERIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BACTEROIDES; BETAPROTEOBACTERIA; CAULERPA TAXIFOLIA; CHLOROPHYTA; CYTOPHAGA; EUKARYOTA; FLEXIBACTER; PROTEOBACTERIA;

EID: 0035047258     PISSN: 09621083     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-294X.2001.01245.x     Document Type: Article

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