Cyanobacterial populations that build 'kopara' microbial mats in Rangiroa, Tuamotu Archipelago, French Polynesia

European Journal of Phycology

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 259-279

  Richert, Laurent ^a   Golubic, Stjepko ^b   Le Guédès, Roland ^c   Hervé, Annie ^c   Payri, Claude ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE LA POLYNÉSIE FRANÇAISE   (French Polynesia)

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c IFREMER   (France)

Author keywords

16S rRNA; Culture; Cyanobacteria; Diversity; Kopara; Microbial Ecology; Microbial mats; Phylogeny; Polyphasic approach

Indexed keywords

CYANOBACTERIUM; MICROBIAL MAT; MORPHOTYPE; PHYLOGENETICS; POND; POPULATION DENSITY; RNA; TAXONOMY;

FRENCH POLYNESIA; PACIFIC ISLANDS; PACIFIC OCEAN; POLYNESIA; RANGIROA; TUAMOTU ARCHIPELAGO;

CHROOCOCCUS SUBMARINUS; CYANOBACTERIA; JOHANNESBAPTISTIA PELLUCIDA; LYNGBYA; LYNGBYA AESTUARII; SCHIZOTHRIX;

EID: 33750411648     PISSN: 09670262     EISSN: 14694433     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09670260600804868     Document Type: Article

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