Characterization of bacterial communities associated with deep-sea corals on Gulf of Alaska seamounts

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 72, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 1680-1683

  Penn, Kevin ^a   Wu, Dongying ^a   Eisen, Jonathan A ^a,b   Ward, Naomi ^a,c  

^a J CRAIG VENTER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Center of Marine Biotechnology   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MARINE BIOLOGY; WATER BACTERIOLOGY;

ALASKA SEAMOUNTS; DEEP-SEA CORALS; PROTEOBACTERIA; SHALLOW-WATER CORALS;

BACTERIA;

BACTERIUM; CORAL; DEEP WATER; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY;

ACIDOBACTERIA; ALPHAPROTEOBACTERIA; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL FLORA; BACTERIUM; BACTEROIDETES; CORAL; DEEP SEA; FIRMICUTES; GAMMAPROTEOBACTERIA; NONHUMAN; POPULATION ABUNDANCE; PROTEOBACTERIA; SAMPLING; SPECIES CULTIVATION; UNITED STATES;

ALASKA; ANIMALS; ANTHOZOA; BACTERIA; ECOSYSTEM; GENE LIBRARY; PROTEOBACTERIA; RNA, BACTERIAL; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEAWATER;

ACIDOBACTERIA; ALPHAPROTEOBACTERIA; ANTHOZOA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BACTEROIDETES; FIRMICUTES; GAMMAPROTEOBACTERIA; PROTEOBACTERIA; SWIFTIA EXSERTA;

EID: 33144484401     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.72.2.1680-1683.2006     Document Type: Article

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