Bacterial diversity in aquatic and other environments: What 16S rDNA libraries can tell us

FEMS Microbiology Ecology

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 161-177

  Kemp, Paul F ^a   Aller, Josephine Y ^a  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aquatic; Bacteria; Diversity; Species richness

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM; GENETIC VARIATION; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DATA ANALYSIS; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; DNA LIBRARY; MICROBIAL DIVERSITY; NONHUMAN; PHYLUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOIL; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 0842324405     PISSN: 01686496     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-6496(03)00257-5     Document Type: Article

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