Diversity of 746 heterotrophic bacteria isolated from microbial mats from ten Antarctic lakes

Systematic and Applied Microbiology

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 603-610

  Van Trappen, Stefanie ^a   Mergaert, Joris ^a   Van Eygen, Sylvie ^a   Dawyndt, Peter ^a   Cnockaert, Margo C ^a   Swings, Jean ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

16S rDNA sequencing; Antarctica; Fatty acid analysis; Heterotrophic bacteria; Microbial mats

Indexed keywords

DNA 16S; FATTY ACID;

ALTEROMONAS; ANTARCTICA; ARTICLE; BACILLUS; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BACTEROIDES; CHEMOTAXONOMY; FATTY ACID ANALYSIS; FLAVOBACTERIUM; FLEXIBACTERACEAE; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; MICROBIAL DIVERSITY; MICROBIAL MAT; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ALTEROMONAS; BACILLUS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BACTEROIDES; CLAVIBACTER; CYCLOBACTERIUM; CYTOPHAGA; FLAVOBACTERIUM; FLEXIBACTERACEAE; MARINOBACTER; MESORHIZOBIUM; MICROBACTERIUM; NEGIBACTERIA; POSIBACTERIA; PROTEOBACTERIA; PSEUDOMONAS; SALIGENTIBACTER; SPHINGOMONAS; SULFITOBACTER;

EID: 0036962276     PISSN: 07232020     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1078/07232020260517742     Document Type: Article

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