Diversity and metabolism of marine bacteria cultivated on dissolved DNA

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 73, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 2799-2805

  Lennon, Jay T ^a  

^a Michigan State University ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA; ECOSYSTEMS; METABOLISM; MICROORGANISMS; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NUTRIENTS;

AQUATIC ECOSYSTEMS; BACTERIAL ASSEMBLAGES; DISSOLVED DNA (DBNA); MARINE BACTERIA;

BACTERIOLOGY;

BACTERIAL DNA; CARBON; NITROGEN; ORGANIC MATTER; PHOSPHORUS; RNA 16S;

BACTERIUM; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; DISSOLVED ORGANIC MATTER; DNA; GROWTH RATE; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; METABOLISM; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; RNA; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS; TRADE-OFF;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL FLORA; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CLONING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA METABOLISM; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE SEQUENCE; MARINE BACTERIUM; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NONHUMAN; STOICHIOMETRY;

BACTERIA; BASE SEQUENCE; BIODIVERSITY; CLONING, MOLECULAR; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; DNA; MASSACHUSETTS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEAWATER; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; WATER MICROBIOLOGY;

EEL POND; MASSACHUSETTS; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WOODS HOLE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 34248147931     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.02674-06     Document Type: Article

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