Cyanobacterial ecotypes in the microbial mat community of Mushroom Spring (Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming) as species-like units linking microbial community composition, structure and function

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 361, Issue 1475, 2006, Pages 1997-2008

  Ward, David M ^a   Bateson, Mary M ^a   Ferris, Michael J ^a,d   Kühl, Michael ^b   Wieland, Andrea ^b,e   Koeppel, Alex ^c   Cohan, Frederick M ^c  

^a MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^c WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Adaptation; Cyanobacteria; Ecotype; Hot spring; Species

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; CYANOBACTERIUM; ECOTYPE; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; PHYLOGENETICS; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK;

BASIDIOMYCOTA; CYANOBACTERIA;

EID: 33751210106     PISSN: 09628436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2006.1919     Document Type: Conference Paper

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