Microbial diversity of cryptoendolithic communities from the McMurdo Dry Valleys, Antarctica

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 69, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 3858-3867

  De la Torre, José R ^a,d   Goebel, Brett M ^a,e   Friedmann, E Imre ^b,f   Pace, Norman R ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^d MONTEREY BAY AQUARIUM RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^e Demonstration Plant   (Australia)

^f NASA AMES RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MICROBIAL DIVERSITY;

BIODIVERSITY; DNA; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; MICROSCOPIC EXAMINATION; RNA; ROCKS;

MICROORGANISMS;

DNA; RIBOSOME RNA;

MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; PORE SPACE; ROCK; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

ANTARCTICA; ARTICLE; CHLOROPLAST; CYANOBACTERIUM; DEINOCOCCACEAE; FUNGUS; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; GREEN ALGA; MICROBIAL DIVERSITY; MICROFLORA; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHYLOGENY; RNA SEQUENCE;

ALGAE; ALPHAPROTEOBACTERIA; ANTARCTIC REGIONS; CHLOROPLASTS; CYANOBACTERIA; DEINOCOCCUS; ECOSYSTEM; FUNGI; GEOLOGY; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; LICHENS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

ANTARCTICA;

ALGAE; ALPHAPROTEOBACTERIA; ARCHAEA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CHLOROPHYTA; CYANOBACTERIA; DEINOCOCCACEAE; DEINOCOCCUS; EUKARYOTA; FUNGI; NEGIBACTERIA; PROTEOBACTERIA; THERMUS;

EID: 0037479825     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.69.7.3858-3867.2003     Document Type: Article

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