Microbial diversity in a Pacific Ocean transect from the Arctic to Antarctic circles

Aquatic Microbial Ecology

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 91-102

  Baldwin, Amy J ^a   Moss, Joseph A ^a   Pakulski, Joseph D ^a   Catala, Phillipe ^b   Joux, Fabien ^b   Jeffrey, Wade H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WEST FLORIDA   (United States)

^b Laboratoire d Océanographie Microbienne   (France)

Author keywords

16S rDNA; 18S rDNA; Biogeographical distribution; Microbial diversity; Pacific Ocean; T RFLP

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); EUKARYOTA; PROCHLOROCOCCUS; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 28944451339     PISSN: 09483055     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/ame041091     Document Type: Article

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