Molecular characterization of ciliate diversity in stream biofilms

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 74, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1740-1747

  Dopheide, Andrew ^a   Lear, Gavin ^a   Stott, Rebecca ^b   Lewis, Gillian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF WATER AND ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA; ECOSYSTEMS; POLYMORPHISM; PROTOZOA;

AQUATIC ECOSYSTEMS; CILIATE DIVERSITY; GENE SEQUENCE DIVERSITY;

BIOFILMS;

RNA 18S;

AQUATIC ECOSYSTEM; BIOFILM; CILIATE; DETECTION METHOD; DNA; GENETIC ANALYSIS; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA; SPECIES DIVERSITY; STREAM;

APICOMPLEXA; AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT; ARTICLE; BIOFILM; CILIATE; DNA EXTRACTION; ECOLOGY; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OLIGOHYMENOPHOREA; PARASITE ISOLATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROTOZOAL GENETICS; RELIABILITY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; TAXONOMY;

ANIMALS; BIODIVERSITY; BIOFILMS; CILIOPHORA; DNA PRIMERS; DNA, PROTOZOAN; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; RIVERS; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 18S; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; VARIATION (GENETICS);

APICOMPLEXA; CILIOPHORA; EUKARYOTA; OLIGOHYMENOPHOREA; PHYLLOPHARYNGEA; PROTOZOA; SPIROTRICHEA;

EID: 40849114656     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.01438-07     Document Type: Article

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