Novel primers reveal wider diversity among marine aerobic anoxygenic phototrophs

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 71, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 8958-8962

  Yutin, Natalya ^a   Suzuki, Marcelino T ^b   Béjà, Oded ^a,b  

^a TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND CENTER FOR ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA; ECOLOGY; GENES; MARINE BIOLOGY; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; SAMPLING;

BACTERIOPLANKTONS; DNA SAMPLES; GENOMIC LIBRARIES; PRIMERS;

BACTERIA;

DNA;

BACTERIOPLANKTON; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; METHODOLOGY; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

AEROBIC BACTERIUM; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIOPLANKTON; GENE LIBRARY; GENETIC VARIABILITY; MICROBIAL DIVERSITY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHOTOTROPHIC BACTERIUM; PUFM GENE; SEASON; UNINDEXED SEQUENCE;

AEROBIOSIS; ANAEROBIOSIS; BASE SEQUENCE; BIODIVERSITY; DNA PRIMERS; GAMMAPROTEOBACTERIA; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHYLOGENY; RHODOBACTER; SEAWATER;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); PHOTOBACTERIA;

EID: 29144450328     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.71.12.8958-8962.2005     Document Type: Article

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