Quantitative distributions of Epsilonproteobactena and a Sulfurimonas subgroup in pelagic redoxclines of the central Baltic Sea

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 73, Issue 22, 2007, Pages 7155-7161

  Grote, Jana ^a   Labrenz, Matthias ^a   Pfeiffer, Birgit ^a   Jost, Günter ^a   Jürgens, Klaus ^a  

^a LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE FOR BALTIC SEA RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; CLONING; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FLUORESCENCE; MICROBIOLOGY; RNA;

BALTIC SEA; HYBRIDIZATION; NITRATE CONCENTRATIONS; PELAGIC REDOXCLINES;

BACTERIA;

NITRATE; RNA 16S; SULFIDE; CARBON DIOXIDE; SEA WATER;

BACTERIUM; DENITRIFICATION; FLUORESCENCE; MEASUREMENT METHOD; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RNA;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BALTIC SEA; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; CATALYZED REPORTER DEPOSITION AND FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; EPSILONPROTEOBACTERIA; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; GENE PROBE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; PELAGIC ZONE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; QUANTITATIVE ASSAY; SULFURIMONAS DENITRIFICANS; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER SAMPLING; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CLASSIFICATION; DNA SEQUENCE; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PHYLOGENY; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; SEASON;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; BALTIC SEA;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); EPSILONPROTEOBACTERIA; SULFURIMONAS; UNCULTURED EPSILON PROTEOBACTERIUM;

BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; CARBON DIOXIDE; EPSILONPROTEOBACTERIA; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEASONS; SEAWATER; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

EID: 36649026162     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.00466-07     Document Type: Article

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