High unique diversity of sulfate-reducing prokaryotes characterized in a depth gradient in an acidic fen

Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 9, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 1317-1328

  Schmalenberger, Achim ^a,c   Drake, Harold L ^a   Küsel, Kirsten ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BAYREUTH   (Germany)

^b FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HYDROGEN SULFITE REDUCTASE; SULFATE;

ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; CLASSIFICATION; GENETICS; GRAM NEGATIVE ANAEROBIC BACTERIA; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PH; PHYLOGENY; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; SEASON; SOIL; WETLAND;

BIODIVERSITY; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; HYDROGENSULFITE REDUCTASE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; SEASONS; SOIL; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY; SULFATES; SULFUR-REDUCING BACTERIA; WETLANDS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); PICEA; PROKARYOTA; SYNTROPHOBACTER FUMAROXIDANS; SYNTROPHOBACTER WOLINII;

EID: 34247874681     PISSN: 14622912     EISSN: 14622920     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1462-2920.2007.01251.x     Document Type: Article

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