Richness and diversity of bacterioplankton species along an estuarine gradient in Moreton Bay, Australia

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 70, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 3425-3433

  Hewson, Ian ^a   Fuhrman, Jed A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; BIODIVERSITY; CHLOROPHYLL; CORRELATION METHODS; ESTUARIES; RNA;

BACTERIOPLANKTON SPECIES; DIVERSITY PATTERNS; OPERATIONAL TAXONOMIC UNIT (OTU);

MICROBIOLOGY;

CHLOROPHYLL A; DNA 16S; DNA 23S; INTERNAL TRANSCRIBED SPACER; NITRATE; PHOSPHATE; RIBOSOME RNA; SPACER DNA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

BACTERIOPLANKTON; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; ESTUARINE ECOSYSTEM; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS;

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BACTERIAL FLORA; BACTERIOPLANKTON; BIODIVERSITY; COASTAL WATERS; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); DNA DETERMINATION; ECOLOGICAL NICHE; ESTUARY; GENE AMPLIFICATION; NONHUMAN; RIVER; SALINITY; SEA; TAXONOMY;

ANIMALS; AUSTRALIA; AUTOMATION; BACTERIA; DNA FINGERPRINTING; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL SPACER; ECOSYSTEM; FRESH WATER; PLANKTON; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 23S; SEAWATER;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; MORETON BAY; QUEENSLAND;

ANTHOZOA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 2942556578     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.70.6.3425-3433.2004     Document Type: Article

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