Biogeography, evolution, and diversity of epibionts in phototrophic consortia

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 70, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 4821-4830

  Glaeser, Jens ^a,b   Overmann, Jörg ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b JUSTUS LIEBIG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; GENES; IONIZING RADIATION; LAKES; RNA; SULFUR; SURFACE WATERS;

FRESHWATERS; GREEN SULPHUR BACTERIA; MOTILE PHOTOTROPHIC CONSORTIA;

CELL CULTURE;

RNA 16S;

MICROBIOLOGY;

ARTICLE; BIOGEOGRAPHY; CHLOROBIUM; EVOLUTION; GENE SEQUENCE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; MICROBIAL DIVERSITY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHOTOTROPHIC BACTERIUM; PHOTOTROPISM; PHYLOGENY;

BETAPROTEOBACTERIA; CHEMOTAXIS; CHLOROBI; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; ECOSYSTEM; EUROPE; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; FRESH WATER; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NORTH AMERICA; PHYLOGENY; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SYMBIOSIS; VARIATION (GENETICS);

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CHLOROBI; CHLOROBIUM; NEGIBACTERIA; PHOTOBACTERIA; PROTEOBACTERIA; UNCULTURED BETA PROTEOBACTERIUM;

EID: 4143053863     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.70.8.4821-4830.2004     Document Type: Article

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