Novel eukaryotes from the permanently anoxic Cariaco Basin (Caribbean Sea)

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 69, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 5656-5663

  Stoeck, Thorsten ^a   Taylor, Gordon T ^b   Epstein, Slava S ^a  

^a NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECOLOGY; NUCLEIC ACID SEQUENCES; RNA;

EUKARYOTES;

MICROBIOLOGY;

RIBOSOME RNA;

ANOXIC CONDITIONS; EUKARYOTE; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; NEW TAXON; PROTIST;

ARCHAEBACTERIUM; ARTICLE; DNA ISOLATION; ECOLOGY; EUKARYOTE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; MICROBIAL DIVERSITY; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA SEQUENCE; SEASHORE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; TAXONOMIC IDENTIFICATION; VENEZUELA;

ANIMALS; ARCHAEA; BACTERIA; CARIBBEAN REGION; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; MICROSPORIDIA; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 18S; SEAWATER;

CARIBBEAN SEA;

ARCHAEA; EUKARYOTA; PROKARYOTA; PROTISTA;

EID: 0141704503     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.69.9.5656-5663.2003     Document Type: Article

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