Structure and function of methanogens along a short-term restoration chronosequence in the Florida Everglades

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 73, Issue 13, 2007, Pages 4135-4141

  Smith, Jason M ^a,c   Castro, Hector ^a,d   Ogram, Andrew ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^c NASA AMES RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^d OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLONE LIBRARIES; GENOTYPIC SHIFTS; MICROCOSM INCUBATIONS; SOIL REDEVELOPMENT;

COENZYMES; ECOSYSTEMS; MICROBIOLOGY; PLANTS (BOTANY); POLYMORPHISM;

METHANOGENS;

MESNA; METHANE;

ABUNDANCE ESTIMATION; BEDROCK; CHRONOSEQUENCE; DRY SEASON; GENETIC ANALYSIS; INVASIVE SPECIES; METHANOGENIC BACTERIUM; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; PRIMARY SUCCESSION; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; SOIL MICROORGANISM;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CHRONOSEQUENCE; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; ECOSYSTEM RESTORATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENOTYPE; MCRA GENE; METHANOBACTERIALES; METHANOCOCCALES; METHANOGEN; METHANOGENESIS; MICROCOSM; NATIONAL PARK; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; SOIL ANALYSIS; UNITED STATES;

BASE SEQUENCE; DNA PRIMERS; DNA, BACTERIAL; ECOSYSTEM; FLORIDA; FRESH WATER; METHANE; METHANOBACTERIALES; METHANOCOCCALES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; SEASONS; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY; WETLANDS;

EVERGLADES NATIONAL PARK; FLORIDA [UNITED STATES]; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

METHANOBACTERIALES; METHANOCOCCALES;

EID: 34447532558     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.02557-06     Document Type: Article

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