Diverse and unique picocyanobacteria in Chesapeake Bay, revealed by 16S-23S rRNA internal transcribed spacer sequences

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 72, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 2239-2243

  Chen, Feng ^a   Wang, Kui ^a   Kan, Jinjun ^a   Suzuki, Marcelino T ^b   Wommack, K Eric ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BIOTECHNOLOGY INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND CENTER FOR ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; MARINE BIOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; RNA;

CHESAPEAKE BAY; MARINE CLUSTER B; PHYCOCYANIN; PHYCOERYTHRIN; PICOCYANOBACTERIA; RRNA INTERNAL TRANSCRIBED SPACER PHYLOGENY; SYNECHOCOCCUS STRAINS;

WATER BACTERIOLOGY;

INTERNAL TRANSCRIBED SPACER; PHYCOCYANIN; PHYCOERYTHRIN; RIBOSOME RNA;

CYANOBACTERIUM; RNA; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CYANOBACTERIUM; ESTUARY; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PICOCYANOBACTERIUM; PLANKTON; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; UNINDEXED SEQUENCE; WATER ANALYSIS;

CYANOBACTERIA; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL SPACER; MARYLAND; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYTOPLANKTON; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 23S; SEAWATER; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SYNECHOCOCCUS;

CHESAPEAKE BAY; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); SYNECHOCOCCUS;

EID: 33644951496     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.72.3.2239-2243.2006     Document Type: Article

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