Methanotrophic diversity in high arctic wetlands on the islands of Svalbard (Norway) - Denaturing gradient gel electrophoresis analysis of soil DNA and enrichment cultures

Canadian Journal of Microbiology

Volumn 49, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 602-612

  Wartiainen, Ingvild ^a   Hestnes, Anne Grethe ^a   Svenning, Mette M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

Author keywords

Arctic wetland; Denaturing gradient gel electrophoresis; Methanotrophic diversity; Svalbard

Indexed keywords

CLIMATOLOGY; DNA; ELECTROPHORESIS; GENES; METHANE; OXIDATION; RNA; SOILS;

CLIMATIC WARNING; METHANOTROPHIC COMMUNITY;

BACTERIA;

DNA; DNA FRAGMENT; METHANE; ORGANIC CARBON; RIBOSOME RNA;

ARCTIC ENVIRONMENT; GENETIC ANALYSIS; METHANOTROPHY; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; SOIL MICROORGANISM; SPECIES DIVERSITY; WETLAND;

ARCTIC; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERE; CLIMATE CHANGE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENATURING GRADIENT GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; DNA EXTRACTION; ENRICHMENT CULTURE; GENE SEQUENCE; HIGH TEMPERATURE; METHANOTROPHIC BACTERIUM; METHYLOBACTERIUM; METHYLOSINUS; NONHUMAN; NORWAY; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOIL ANALYSIS; WARMING; WETLAND;

ARCTIC REGIONS; BACTERIA; CULTURE MEDIA; DNA, BACTERIAL; ELECTROPHORESIS; GAMMAPROTEOBACTERIA; GENES, RRNA; METHANE; METHYLOSINUS; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY; SVALBARD; VARIATION (GENETICS);

ARCTIC; SVALBARD; SVALBARD AND JAN MAYEN;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CELLULAR ORGANISMS; METHYLOBACTER; METHYLOBACTERIUM; METHYLOSINUS; NEGIBACTERIA;

EID: 1042267966     PISSN: 00084166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/w03-080     Document Type: Article

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