Characterization of the microbial community of lotic organic aggregates ('river snow') in the Elbe River of Germany by cultivation and molecular methods

FEMS Microbiology Ecology

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 157-170

  Böckelmann, Uta ^a   Manz, Werner ^a   Neu, Thomas R ^b   Szewzyk, Ulrich ^a  

^a TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^b HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH UFZ   (Germany)

Author keywords

'River snow'; Cultivation; Fluorescent in situ hybridization; Lotic system; Microbial dynamics; Molecular microbial ecology; River Elbe

Indexed keywords

RIBOSOME DNA; RNA 16S;

COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; LOTIC ENVIRONMENT; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; PHYLOGENETICS; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COUNT; ECOLOGY; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; GERMANY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

GERMANY;

EID: 0343826658     PISSN: 01686496     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-6496(00)00056-8     Document Type: Article

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