Genotypic distribution of an indigenous model microorganism along an estuarine gradient

FEMS Microbiology Ecology

Volumn 62, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 187-194

  Hawkins, Robert J ^b   Purdy, Kevin J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Desulfobulbus; DGGE; Genotype distribution; Niche separation; Salinity

Indexed keywords

CHLORIDE; NITRATE; SULFATE; WATER;

BACTERIUM; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ESTUARINE ENVIRONMENT; GENOTYPE; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; NICHE; POREWATER; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; TEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

ARTICLE; BIOGEOGRAPHY; DESULFOBULBUS; ECOLOGICAL NICHE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ESTUARINE SPECIES; FRESHWATER ENVIRONMENT; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; GENUS; MARINE BACTERIUM; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; MICROBIAL DIVERSITY; MICROFLORA; NATIVE SPECIES; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SALINITY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; WATER ANALYSIS;

CHLORIDES; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DNA, BACTERIAL; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; GENOTYPE; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; NITRATES; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEASONS; SULFATES; SULFUR-REDUCING BACTERIA; WATER MICROBIOLOGY;

DESULFOBULBUS;

EID: 35348955355     PISSN: 01686496     EISSN: 15746941     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6941.2007.00376.x     Document Type: Article

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