Cyanobacterial composition of microbial mats from an Australian thermal spring: A polyphasic evaluation

FEMS Microbiology Ecology

Volumn 63, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 23-35

  McGregor, Glenn B ^a,b   Rasmussen, J Paul ^c  

^a DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT AND RESOURCE MANAGEMENT   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^c AUSTRALIAN WATER QUALITY CENTRE   (Australia)

Author keywords

16S rRNA gene; Australia; Cyanobacteria; Morphology; Thermophiles; Ultrastructure

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; CYANOBACTERIUM; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; MICROBIAL MAT; MORPHOLOGY; PHYLOGENY; THERMAL SPRING; THERMOPHILY; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CYANOBACTERIUM; DENATURING GRADIENT GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; DNA EXTRACTION; GEITLERINEMA; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE SEQUENCE; LEPTOLYNGBYA; MICROFLORA; MORPHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OSCILLATORIA AMPHIGRANULATA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THERMAL SPRING; THERMOPHILIC BACTERIUM; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

AUSTRALIA; BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; BIOMASS; CYANOBACTERIA; DNA, BACTERIAL; HEAT; HOT SPRINGS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; VARIATION (GENETICS);

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; NEW ZEALAND;

CYANOBACTERIA; GEITLERINEMA; LEPTOLYNGBYA; OSCILLATORIA AMPHIGRANULATA;

EID: 36849068378     PISSN: 01686496     EISSN: 15746941     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6941.2007.00405.x     Document Type: Article

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