Abundant proteorhodopsin genes in the North Atlantic Ocean

Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 99-109

  Campbell, Barbara J ^a   Waidner, Lisa A ^a   Cottrell, Matthew T ^a   Kirchman, David L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHLOROPHYLL; CHLOROPHYLL A; PROTEORHODOPSIN; RHODOPSIN; SEA WATER; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALPHAPROTEOBACTERIA; ARTICLE; ATLANTIC OCEAN; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GENOME; BIOSYNTHESIS; ENVIRONMENT; FLAVOBACTERIUM; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

ALPHAPROTEOBACTERIA; ATLANTIC OCEAN; CHLOROPHYLL; ENVIRONMENT; FLAVOBACTERIUM; GENE FREQUENCY; GENES, BACTERIAL; GENOME, BACTERIAL; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RHODOPSIN; SEAWATER; VARIATION (GENETICS);

ALPHAPROTEOBACTERIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CANDIDATUS PELAGIBACTER UBIQUE; FLAVOBACTERIA;

EID: 38149122101     PISSN: 14622912     EISSN: 14622920     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1462-2920.2007.01436.x     Document Type: Article

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