Protist genetic diversity in the acidic hydrothermal environments of Lassen Volcanic National Park, USA

Journal of Eukaryotic Microbiology

Volumn 53, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 420-431

  Brown, Patricia B ^b,c   Wolfe, Gordon V ^a,c  

^a California State Chico ^*  (United States)

^b Life Science Division   (United States)

^c CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Acidophiles; Extreme environments; Hydrothermal sites; Molecular diversity; Thermophiles

Indexed keywords

ACID; RIBOSOME DNA;

ACIDOPHILY; DNA FINGERPRINTING; DOMINANCE; ELECTROKINESIS; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC VARIATION; HYDROTHERMAL ORGANISM; NATIONAL PARK; PROTIST; RNA; THERMOPHILY;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; ECOLOGY; ENVIRONMENT; FLAGELLATE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; MICROBIOLOGY; PARASITOLOGY; PH; SEDIMENT; TEMPERATURE; UNITED STATES;

ACIDS; ANIMALS; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; ECOLOGY; ENVIRONMENT; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; MASTIGOPHORA; TEMPERATURE; UNITED STATES; VARIATION (GENETICS);

CALIFORNIA; LASSEN VOLCANIC NATIONAL PARK; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

ACIDOPHILES; ALGAE; ALVEOLATA; AMOEBA (GENUS); BACILLARIOPHYTA; CHLOROPHYTA; CHRYSOPHYCEAE; CILIOPHORA; EUKARYOTA; FUNGI; HEXAPODA; MASTIGOPHORA (FLAGELLATES); METAZOA; NEMATODA; PLATYHELMINTHES; PROKARYOTA; PROTISTA; STRAMENOPILES;

EID: 33751357074     PISSN: 10665234     EISSN: 15507408     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1550-7408.2006.00125.x     Document Type: Article

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