Bacterial diversity associated with blood falls, a subglacial outflow from the Taylor Glacier, Antarctica

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 73, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 4029-4039

  Mikucki, Jill A ^a,b   Priscu, John C ^a  

^a MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; CLONING; GENES; HEMODYNAMICS; MARINE BIOLOGY; RNA;

BETAPROTEOBACTERIA; GENE SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; RRNA; THIOMICROSPIRA ARCTICA;

BACTERIA;

BACTERIAL RNA; IRON DERIVATIVE; RNA 16S; SULFUR DERIVATIVE;

AUTOTROPHY; BLOOD; BRINE; GENETIC STRUCTURE; GEOCHEMISTRY; GLACIER; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; OUTFLOW; PHYLOGENETICS; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SUBGLACIAL ENVIRONMENT;

ANTARCTICA; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL FLORA; BACTEROIDETES; BETAPROTEOBACTERIA; DELTAPROTEOBACTERIA; GAMMAPROTEOBACTERIA; GENE LIBRARY; GEOCHEMICAL ANALYSIS; GLACIER; MARINE BACTERIUM; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; THIOMICROSPIRA; THIOMICROSPIRA ARCTICA; UNINDEXED SEQUENCE;

ANTARCTIC REGIONS; BACTERIA; BASE SEQUENCE; BIODIVERSITY; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DNA PRIMERS; GENE LIBRARY; ICE COVER; IRON; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SULFATES;

ANTARCTICA; EAST ANTARCTICA; MCMURDO DRY VALLEYS; TAYLOR GLACIER;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BACTEROIDETES; BETAPROTEOBACTERIA; DELTAPROTEOBACTERIA; GAMMAPROTEOBACTERIA; THIOMICROSPIRA ARCTICA;

EID: 34250896172     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.01396-06     Document Type: Article

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