Phylogenetic Diversity of Bacterial and Archaeal Communities in the Anoxic Zone of the Cariaco Basin

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 67, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 1663-1674

  Madrid, Vanessa M ^a   Taylor, Gordon T ^a   Scranton, Mary I ^a   Chistoserdov, Andrei Y ^a  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEAL DNA; BACTERIAL DNA; RNA 16S; SEA WATER;

ANAEROBIC GROWTH; ARCHAEBACTERIUM; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM; CLASSIFICATION; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE LIBRARY; GENETICS; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PHYLOGENY; RNA GENE;

ANAEROBIOSIS; ARCHAEA; BACTERIA; DNA, ARCHAEAL; DNA, BACTERIAL; GENE LIBRARY; GENES, RRNA; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEAWATER; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

EID: 0035318078     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.67.4.1663-1674.2001     Document Type: Article

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