Characterization of a homogeneous taxonomic group of marine magnetotactic cocci within a low tide zone in the China Sea

Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 10, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 1158-1164

  Pan, Hongmiao ^a,b   Zhu, Kailing ^a   Song, Tao ^c   Yu Zhang, Kui ^d   Lefèvre, Christopher ^e   Xing, Sue ^a,f   Liu, Min ^a,b   Zhao, Sanjun ^a   Xiao, Tian ^a   Wu, Long Fei ^e  

^a INSTITUTE OF OCEANOLOGY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^c INSTITUTE OF ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING   (China)

^d UNIVERSITÉ DE REIMS CHAMPAGNE ARDENNE   (France)

^e CNRS   (France)

^f Chongqing Institute of Geology and Mineral Resources   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; RIBOSOME DNA; RNA 16S; SEA WATER;

ALPHAPROTEOBACTERIA; ARTICLE; CELL ORGANELLE; CHINA; CLASSIFICATION; DNA SEQUENCE; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MAGNETISM; MICROBIOLOGY; PHYLOGENY; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; SEDIMENT; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ALPHAPROTEOBACTERIA; CHINA; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION, FLUORESCENCE; MAGNETICS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; ORGANELLES; PHYLOGENY; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEAWATER; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); COCCOIDEA; MAGNETOCOCCUS; PROKARYOTA; PROTEOBACTERIA;

EID: 41849121867     PISSN: 14622912     EISSN: 14622920     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1462-2920.2007.01532.x     Document Type: Article

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