Cultivation-independent and -dependent characterization of Bacteria resident beneath John Evans Glacier

FEMS Microbiology Ecology

Volumn 59, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 318-330

  Cheng, Stephanie M ^a   Foght, Julia M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Basal ice; Glacier microbiota; Psychrotolerant Bacteria; Restriction fragment length polymorphism; Subglacial microorganisms

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; BACTERIAL RNA; RNA 16S;

BACTERIUM; BASAL ICE; CULTIVATION; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; MORPHOLOGY; PHYLOGENETICS; POLYMORPHISM; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SUBGLACIAL ENVIRONMENT; TAXONOMY;

ACTINOBACTERIA; ALPHAPROTEOBACTERIA; ARCTIC; BACTERIAL FLORA; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM COLONY; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BACTEROIDETES; BETAPROTEOBACTERIA; BIODIVERSITY; COMAMONADACEAE; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; FLAVOBACTERIA; GAMMAPROTEOBACTERIA; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GLACIER; INCUBATION TIME; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; ORGANISM COMMUNITY; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; SEDIMENT; TEMPERATURE; UNINDEXED SEQUENCE; WATER SAMPLING;

BACTERIA; BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; CANADA; CULTURE MEDIA; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; FRESH WATER; GENES, RRNA; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; ICE COVER; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

CANADA; CANADIAN ARCTIC; ELLESMERE ISLAND; JOHN EVANS GLACIER; NORTH AMERICA; NUNAVUT;

ACTINOBACTERIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BACTEROIDETES; BETAPROTEOBACTERIA; COMAMONADACEAE; FLAVOBACTERIUM; GAMMAPROTEOBACTERIA; OTUS;

EID: 33846194531     PISSN: 01686496     EISSN: 15746941     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6941.2006.00267.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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