Genetic variance in the composition of two functional groups (diazotrophs and cyanobacteria) from a hypersaline microbial mat

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 72, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 1207-1217

  Yannarell, Anthony C ^a,b   Steppe, Timothy F ^a   Paerl, Hans W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECOSYSTEMS; GENES; NITROGEN FIXATION; RNA;

CYANOBACTERIA; DIAZOTROPHS; GENETIC VARIANCE;

MICROBIOLOGY;

RNA 16S;

COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; GENETIC VARIATION; MICROBIAL MAT; SEASONAL VARIATION;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BAHAMAS; BENTHOS; CYANOBACTERIUM; DIAZOTROPH; ECOSYSTEM RESILIENCE; GENE LIBRARY; GENETIC VARIABILITY; MICROBIAL MAT; MOLECULAR CLONING; NIFH GENE; NITROGEN FIXATION; NITROGEN FIXING PROKARYOTE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PROKARYOTE; RNA GENE; SALINITY; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPECIES DISTRIBUTION; SPECIES DIVERSITY; TAXONOMY; UNINDEXED SEQUENCE; WATER STRESS;

BAHAMAS; CYANOBACTERIA; ECOSYSTEM; GENES, BACTERIAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NITROGEN FIXATION; OXIDOREDUCTASES; PHYLOGENY; PROTEOBACTERIA; SEASONS; SEAWATER; SODIUM CHLORIDE; VARIATION (GENETICS);

ATLANTIC ISLANDS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; BAHAMAS; CARIBBEAN ISLANDS; SAN SALVADOR [BAHAMAS];

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CYANOBACTERIA; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 33144463384     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.72.2.1207-1217.2006     Document Type: Article

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