Molecular population genetics and phenotypic diversification of two populations of the thermophilic cyanobacterium Mastigocladus laminosus

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 72, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 2793-2800

  Miller, Scott R ^a,b   Purugganan, Michael D ^a   Curtis, Stephanie E ^a  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYANOBACTERIUM MASTIGOCLADUS; HETEROCYSTS; MASTIGOCLADUS LAMINOSUS; MOLECULAR MARKERS;

BIODIVERSITY; GENES; GENETIC ENGINEERING; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; NITROGEN;

BACTERIA;

ACETYLENE; AMMONIA; GENOMIC DNA; INTERNAL TRANSCRIBED SPACER; NITROGEN; RNA 16S; RNA 23S; TRANSFER RNA;

BACTERIUM; BIODIVERSITY; CYANOBACTERIUM; PHENOTYPE; POPULATION GENETICS; THERMOPHILIC BACTERIUM;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; CYANOBACTERIUM; DEVH GENE; GENE FLOW; GENETIC MODEL; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GLNA GENE; HAPLOTYPE; MASTIGOCLADUS LAMINOSUS; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD METHOD; NARB GENE; NIFHD GENE; NIRA GENE; NONHUMAN; NTCA GENE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHENOTYPE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POPULATION GENETICS; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; STRAIN IDENTIFICATION; THERMOPHILIC BACTERIUM;

CYANOBACTERIA; DNA, BACTERIAL; FRESH WATER; GENETICS, POPULATION; GENOTYPE; HEAT; HOT SPRINGS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NITROGEN; PHENOTYPE; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); MASTIGOCLADUS; MASTIGOCLADUS LAMINOSUS;

EID: 33646089902     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.72.4.2793-2800.2006     Document Type: Article

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