Characterization of microbial community structure in Gulf of Mexico gas hydrates: Comparative analysis of DNA- and RNA-derived clone libraries

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 71, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 3235-3247

  Mills, Heath J ^a,b   Martinez, Robert J ^a   Story, Sandra ^a   Sobecky, Patricia A ^a  

^a GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MICROBIAL ACTIVITIES; MICROBIAL ASSEMBLAGE; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY STRUCTURES; PHYLOTYPES;

CLONING; DNA; HYDRATES; METABOLISM; RNA;

MICROBIOLOGY;

ARCHAEAL RNA; BACTERIAL RNA; RNA 16S;

MICROBIAL COMMUNITY;

ARCHAEBACTERIUM; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL FLORA; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA DETERMINATION; DNA EXTRACTION; DNA LIBRARY; GENE LIBRARY; GENE SEQUENCE; GEOCHEMICAL ANALYSIS; METABOLIC ACTIVATION; MEXICO; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; RNA ANALYSIS; RNA EXTRACTION; UNINDEXED SEQUENCE;

ARCHAEA; BACTERIA; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA, ARCHAEAL; DNA, BACTERIAL; ECOSYSTEM; GENE LIBRARY; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; HYDROCARBONS; METHANE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; RNA, ARCHAEAL; RNA, BACTERIAL; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEAWATER; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; GULF OF MEXICO; OCEANIC REGIONS; WORLD;

ARCHAEA;

EID: 20444365770     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.71.6.3235-3247.2005     Document Type: Article

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