Preliminary characterization of microbial communities in High Altitude Wetlands of Northwestern Argentina by determining terminal restriction fragment length polymorphisms

Revista Latinoamericana de Microbiologia

Volumn 46, Issue 3-4, 2004, Pages 72-80

  Ferrero, Marcela ^a,b   Farías, María E ^a,b,d   Siñeriz, Faustino ^a,b,c  

^a PLANTA PILOTO DE PROCESOS INDUSTRIALES MICROBIOLÓGICOS PROIMI CONICET   (Argentina)

^b Facultad de Ciencias Naturales e Instituto M Lillo

^c UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE TUCUMÁN   (Argentina)

^d NONE   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Bacterial biodiversity; High altitude wetland; Microbial community; T RFLP

Indexed keywords

RNA 16S; ARCHAEAL DNA; ARCHAEAL RNA; BACTERIAL DNA; BACTERIAL RNA; FRESH WATER; RIBOSOME DNA;

ALTITUDE; ARGENTINA; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; MICROBIAL DIVERSITY; MICROFLORA; NONHUMAN; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; WETLAND; ARCHAEBACTERIUM; BACTERIUM; BIODIVERSITY; CLASSIFICATION; ECOLOGY; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REPRODUCIBILITY; RIBOTYPING; RIVER;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); PROKARYOTA;

ALTITUDE; ARCHAEA; ARGENTINA; BACTERIA; BIODIVERSITY; DNA, ARCHAEAL; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; ECOLOGY; FRESH WATER; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RIBOTYPING; RIVERS; RNA, ARCHAEAL; RNA, BACTERIAL; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; WATER MICROBIOLOGY;

EID: 33645830274     PISSN: 01874640     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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