Bacteria and Archaea Physically Associated with Gulf of Mexico Gas Hydrates

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 67, Issue 3-12, 2001, Pages 5143-5153

  Lanoil, Brian D ^a,d   Sassen, Roger ^b   La Duc, Myron T ^c   Sweet, Stephen T ^b   Nealson, Kenneth H ^c  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTINOBACTERIA; ARCHAEA; BELEMNOIDEA; FIRMICUTES; METHANOSAETA;

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

ARCHAEBACTERIUM; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COUNT; BACTERIUM; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; DNA SEQUENCE; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METABOLISM; METHANOSARCINA; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PHYLOGENY; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; RNA GENE; SEDIMENT;

ARCHAEA; BACTERIA; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; DNA, ARCHAEAL; DNA, BACTERIAL; GENES, RRNA; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; HYDROCARBONS; METHANE; METHANOSARCINACEAE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEAWATER; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

EID: 0035514153     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aem.67.11.5143-5153.2001     Document Type: Article

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