Mapping of picoeucaryotes in marine ecosystems with quantitative PCR of the 18S rRNA gene

FEMS Microbiology Ecology

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 79-92

  Zhu, Fei ^a,c   Massana, Ramon ^b   Not, Fabrice ^a   Marie, Dominique ^a   Vaulot, Daniel ^a  

^a STATION BIOLOGIQUE   (France)

^b INSTITUT DE CIÈNCIES DEL MAR   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Coastal ecosystems; Ecology; Fluorescent in situ hybridization; Picoplankton; Prasinophytes; Quantitative PCR

Indexed keywords

AGAROSE; DYE; PRIMER RNA; RIBOSOME RNA; SEA WATER;

COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; MAPPING; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; PICOPLANKTON;

ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; EUKARYOTE; FLUORESCENCE ANALYSIS; FUNGAL GENE; GENE MAPPING; GREEN ALGA; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; NONHUMAN; PHYTOPLANKTON; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAMPLING; SEASONAL VARIATION; TAXONOMY; WINTER;

MEDITERRANEAN SEA; OCEANIC REGIONS; WORLD;

BATHYCOCCUS; MICROMONAS; OSTREOCOCCUS;

EID: 13844317082     PISSN: 01686496     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.femsec.2004.10.006     Document Type: Article

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