Genetic diversity and distribution of periphytic Synechococcus spp. in biofilms and picoplankton of Lake Constance

FEMS Microbiology Ecology

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 181-190

  Becker, Sven ^d   Singh, Arvind Kumar ^b   Postius, Christine ^a   Böger, Peter ^a   Ernst, Anneliese ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KONSTANZ   (Germany)

^b NORTH EASTERN HILL UNIVERSITY   (India)

^c NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE OF ECOLOGY NIOO KNAW   (Netherlands)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Denaturing gradient gel electrophoresis; Periphyton; Phylogenetic analysis; Quantitative Taq nuclease assay; Synechococcus type picocyanobacteria

Indexed keywords

PHYCOERYTHRIN; RNA 16S; RNA 23S;

BIOASSAY; BIOFILM; CYANOBACTERIUM; GENETIC VARIATION; LITTORAL ENVIRONMENT; PHYLOGENETICS; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BIOFILM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENATURING GRADIENT GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; LAKE; LAKE ECOSYSTEM; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SYNECHOCOCCUS;

CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; LAKE CONSTANCE;

CYANOBACTERIA; SYNECHOCOCCUS; SYNECHOCOCCUS SP.; SYNECHOCOCCUS SP. BO 8805;

EID: 3142703159     PISSN: 01686496     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.femsec.2004.03.003     Document Type: Article

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