Characterization of the bacterial community associated with the surface and mucus layer of whiting (Merlangius merlangus)

FEMS Microbiology Ecology

Volumn 62, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 90-97

  Smith, Cindy J ^a,c   Danilowicz, Bret S ^a,b   Meijer, Wim G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^b GEORGIA SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

16S rRNA gene; Fish mucus layer bacterial community; Terminal restriction fragment length polymorphism

Indexed keywords

RNA 16S;

BACTERIUM; GADOID; GENETIC ANALYSIS; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; MUCUS; RNA; WATER COLUMN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL FLORA; CLOSTRIDIA; COASTAL WATERS; FISH; GENETIC IDENTIFICATION; INTESTINE; MERLANGIUS MERLANGUS; MICROBIAL DIVERSITY; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR LIBRARY; MOLECULAR PHYLOGENY; MOUTH; MUCUS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHOTOBACTERIUM; PHOTOBACTERIUM ILIOPISCARIUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; RNA ANALYSIS;

ANIMALS; BACTERIA; BIODIVERSITY; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DNA FINGERPRINTING; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; GADIFORMES; INTESTINES; IRELAND; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MOUTH; MUCUS; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEAWATER; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SKIN;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; IRISH SEA;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CLOSTRIDIA; MERLANGIUS MERLANGUS; PHOTOBACTERIUM; PHOTOBACTERIUM ILIOPISCARIUM;

EID: 34848853630     PISSN: 01686496     EISSN: 15746941     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6941.2007.00369.x     Document Type: Article

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