Widespread and persistent populations of a major new marine actinomycete taxon in ocean sediments

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 68, Issue 10, 2002, Pages 5005-5011

  Mincer, Tracy J ^a   Jensen, Paul R ^a   Kauffman, Christopher A ^a   Fenical, William ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; BIOTECHNOLOGY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENES; RNA; SEDIMENTS;

GENES ENCODING;

MARINE BIOLOGY;

DNA 16S; RNA 16S; SEA WATER; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

BACTERIUM; MARINE SEDIMENT; NEW TAXON;

ACTINOBACTERIA; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OCEANIC REGIONS; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEDIMENT;

ACTINOMYCETALES; ECOSYSTEM; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; PHYLOGENY; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEAWATER; WATER MICROBIOLOGY;

ACTINOBACTERIA (CLASS); ACTINOMYCETALES; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; MICROMONOSPORACEAE; SALINOSPORA; UNCULTURED ACTINOMYCETE;

EID: 0036795821     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.68.10.5005-5011.2002     Document Type: Article

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