Deep biosphere-related bacteria within the subsurface of tidal flat sediments

Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 709-719

  Wilms, Reinhard ^a   Köpke, Beate ^a   Sass, Henrik ^a,b   Chang, Tae Soo ^a,c   Cypionka, Heribert ^a   Engelen, Bert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OLDENBURG   (Germany)

^b CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c SENCKENBERG DEUTSCHES ENTOMOLOGISCHES INSTITUT   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; BACTERIAL RNA; RNA 16S; SEA WATER;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM; CLASSIFICATION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MICROBIOLOGY; PHYLOGENY; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; SEDIMENT;

BACTERIA; DNA, BACTERIAL; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; PHYLOGENY; RNA, BACTERIAL; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEAWATER; WATER MICROBIOLOGY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CHLOROFLEXI; CHLOROFLEXI (CLASS); DELTAPROTEOBACTERIA; PROTEOBACTERIA;

EID: 33644833730     PISSN: 14622912     EISSN: 14622920     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1462-2920.2005.00949.x     Document Type: Article

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