Characterization of functional bacterial groups in a hypersaline microbial mat community (Salins-de-Giraud, Camargue, France)

FEMS Microbiology Ecology

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 55-70

  Fourçans, Aude ^a   De Oteyza, Tirso García ^b   Wieland, Andrea ^c   Solé, Antoni ^d   Diestra, Elia ^d   Van Bleijswijk, Judith ^e   Grimalt, Joan O ^b   Kühl, Michael ^c   Esteve, Isabel ^d   Muyzer, Gerard ^f   Caumette, Pierre ^a   Duran, Robert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE PAU ET DES PAYS DE L'ADOUR   (France)

^b E 08034 Barcelona Spain ^*  (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^d UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^e ROYAL NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR SEA RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

^f DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Bacterial community composition; Bacterial diversity; Biomarkers; Confocal microscopy; Microbial mat; Microsensors

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL DERIVATIVE; ALKENE DERIVATIVE; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; FATTY ACID; HYDROCARBON; OXYGEN; RNA 16S; SODIUM CHLORIDE; SULFATE; SULFUR;

FUNCTIONAL GROUP; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; MICROBIAL MAT; SALINE LAKE;

ALGA; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COUNT; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM; CALOTRIX; CHROOCOCCUS; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; CONFOCAL LASER MICROSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYANOBACTERIUM; DENATURING GRADIENT GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; DIATOM; FRANCE; GLOEOCAPSA; HALOMICRONEMA EXCENTRICUM; LEPTOLYNGBYA; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; MICROBIAL MAT; MICROCOLEUS CHTHONOPLASTES; MICROCYSTIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OSCILLATORIA; OXIDATION; PHORMIDIUM; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHOTOTROPHIC BACTERIUM; PLEUROCAPSA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POND; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; SALINITY; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPECTROSCOPY; SULFATE REDUCING BACTERIUM; SYNECHOCYSTIS; ZONATION;

BIOFILMS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CYANOBACTERIA; DNA, BACTERIAL; ECOSYSTEM; FRANCE; GEOLOGY; OXYGEN; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POPULATION DYNAMICS; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SODIUM CHLORIDE; WATER SUPPLY;

BOUCHES-DU-RHONE; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; FRANCE; PROVENCE-ALPES-COTE D'AZUR; SALINS-DE-GIRAUD; WESTERN EUROPE; WORLD;

ALGAE; BACILLARIOPHYTA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CHROOCOCCUS; CYANOBACTERIA; GLOEOCAPSA; HALOMICRONEMA; HALOMICRONEMA EXCENTRICUM; LEPTOLYNGBYA; MICROCOLEUS; MICROCOLEUS CHTHONOPLASTES; MICROCYSTIS; OSCILLATORIA; PHORMIDIUM; PHOTOBACTERIA; PLEUROCAPSA; SYNECHOCYSTIS;

EID: 10644288730     PISSN: 01686496     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.femsec.2004.07.012     Document Type: Article

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