Methanogen diversity evidenced by molecular characterization of methyl coenzyme M reductase A (mcrA) genes in hydrothermal sediments of the Guaymas Basin

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 71, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 4592-4601

  Dhillon, Ashita ^a   Lever, Mark ^b   Lloyd, Karen G ^b   Albert, Daniel B ^b   Sogin, Mitchell L ^a   Teske, Andreas ^b  

^a MARINE BIOLOGICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLONING; COENZYMES; GENETIC ENGINEERING; RNA; SUBSTRATES;

HYDROTHERMALLY ACTIVE SEDIMENTS; METHANOGEN DIVERSITY; METHYL COENZYMES;

MICROBIOLOGY;

ACETIC ACID; CARBON DIOXIDE; FORMIC ACID; HYDROGEN; METHYL COENZYME M REDUCTASE A; RNA 16S; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

MICROBIOLOGY;

AMPLICON; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE SEQUENCE; HYDROTHERMAL VENT; MCRA GENE; METHANOBACTERIUM; METHANOCORPUSCULUM; METHANOCULLEUS; METHANOMICROBIALES; METHANOSAETA CONCILII; METHANOSARCINA; METHYLATION; MEXICO; MICROBIAL DIVERSITY; MOLECULAR CLONING; MULTIGENE FAMILY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; ORGANISM COMMUNITY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEDIMENT; THERMOPHILIC BACTERIUM; UNINDEXED SEQUENCE;

DNA, ARCHAEAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; EURYARCHAEOTA; GENES, RRNA; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; HEAT; METHANE; MEXICO; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OXIDOREDUCTASES; PHYLOGENY; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEAWATER; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; VARIATION (GENETICS);

METHANOCOCCOIDES; METHANOCORPUSCULUM; METHANOCULLEUS; METHANOMICROBIALES; METHANOSAETA CONCILII; METHANOSARCINALES;

EID: 23744453851     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.71.8.4592-4601.2005     Document Type: Article

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