Diversity and expression of cyanobacterial hupS genes in pure cultures and in a nitrogen-limited phototrophic biofilm

FEMS Microbiology Ecology

Volumn 63, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 292-300

  Roeselers, Guus ^a,b   Huisjes, Eline H ^a   Van Loosdrecht, Mark C M ^a   Muyzer, Gerard ^a  

^a DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Biofilm; Cyanobacteria; DGGE; Hydrogen; Hydrogenase; Nitrogenase

Indexed keywords

GENOMIC DNA; HYDROGENASE; MESSENGER RNA; NITRATE; NITROGEN;

BIOFILM; CYANOBACTERIUM; GENE EXPRESSION; HYDROGEN; IDENTIFICATION METHOD; NITROGEN; NUTRIENT LIMITATION; PHOTOAUTOTROPHY; PHYLOGENETICS; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BIOFILM; CYANOBACTERIUM; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE SEQUENCE; MULTIGENE FAMILY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

BIOFILMS; CULTURE MEDIA; CYANOBACTERIA; DNA, BACTERIAL; HYDROGEN; HYDROGENASE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NITROGEN; NITROGENASE; PHOTOTROPHIC PROCESSES; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; VARIATION (GENETICS);

CYANOBACTERIA;

EID: 38849161370     PISSN: 01686496     EISSN: 15746941     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6941.2008.00435.x     Document Type: Article

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