Comparison of vertical distributions of prokaryotic assemblages in the anoxic cariaco basin and black sea by use of fluorescence in situ hybridization

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 72, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 2679-2690

  Lin, Xueju ^a   Wakeham, Stuart G ^b   Putnam, Isabell F ^b   Astor, Yrene M ^c   Scranton, Mary I ^a   Chistoserdov, Andrei Y ^d   Taylor, Gordon T ^a  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SKIDAWAY INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (United States)

^c FUNDACIÓN LA SALLE DE CIENCIAS NATURALES   (Venezuela)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LOUISIANA AT LAFAYETTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELLS; COMPOSITION EFFECTS; ENZYMES; GENETIC ENGINEERING; MICROBIOLOGY;

BETA-PROTEOBACTERIA; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; MICROBIAL POPULATIONS; PHYLOGENETIC COMPOSITION;

MICROORGANISMS;

4',6 DIAMIDINO 2 PHENYLINDOLE; FLUOROCHROME; HORSERADISH PEROXIDASE;

ANOXIC CONDITIONS; BASIN; FLUORESCENCE; GEOCHEMICAL SURVEY; GEOCHEMISTRY; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; PROKARYOTE; WATER COLUMN;

ARCHAEBACTERIUM; ARTICLE; BETAPROTEOBACTERIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRENARCHAEOTA; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EPSILONPROTEOBACTERIA; EURYARCHAEOTA; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; GEOCHEMISTRY; MICROBIAL POPULATION DYNAMICS; MICROFLORA; NONHUMAN; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE PROBE; PELAGIC ZONE; PHYLOGENY; PROKARYOTE; SEA;

ANAEROBIOSIS; ARCHAEA; BACTERIA; CARBOCYANINES; EPSILONPROTEOBACTERIA; HORSERADISH PEROXIDASE; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION, FLUORESCENCE; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE PROBES; RUSSIA; SEAWATER; VENEZUELA;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; BLACK SEA; CARIACO BASIN; CARIBBEAN SEA; EURASIA;

ARCHAEA; ARMORACIA RUSTICANA; BETAPROTEOBACTERIA; CRENARCHAEOTA; EPSILONPROTEOBACTERIA; EURYARCHAEOTA; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 33646118981     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.72.4.2679-2690.2006     Document Type: Article

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