Study of bacterial communities in Antarctic coastal waters by a combination of 16S rRNA and 16S rDNA sequencing

Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 8, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 2150-2161

  Gentile, Gabriella ^a,b   Giuliano, Laura ^a   D'Auria, Giuseppe ^c   Smedile, Francesco ^b   Azzaro, Maurizio ^a   De Domenico, Maria ^b   Yakimov, Michail M ^a  

^a CNR   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MESSINA   (Italy)

^c MIGUEL HERNÁNDEZ UNIVERSITY   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RNA 16S; RNA 23S; SEA WATER;

ANTARCTICA; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM; CLASSIFICATION; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DNA SEQUENCE; ECOSYSTEM; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY;

ANTARCTIC REGIONS; BACTERIA; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; ECOSYSTEM; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 23S; SEAWATER; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

ALGAE; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BACTEROIDETES; BETAPROTEOBACTERIA; GAMMAPROTEOBACTERIA;

EID: 33750936033     PISSN: 14622912     EISSN: 14622920     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1462-2920.2006.01097.x     Document Type: Article

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