Genetic diversity of cyanobacterial communities in Lake Kinneret (Israel) using 16S rRNA gene, psbA and ntcA sequence analyses

Aquatic Microbial Ecology

Volumn 49, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 233-241

  Junier, Pilar ^a,b   Witzel, Karl Paul ^b   Hadas, Ora ^c  

^a EPFL   (Switzerland)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY   (Germany)

^c ISRAEL OCEANOGRAPHIC AND LIMNOLOGICAL RESEARCH   (Israel)

Author keywords

16S rRNA gene; Gloeocapsa; ntcA; Picophytoplankton; psbA

Indexed keywords

CHROOCOCCALES; CYANOBACTERIA; GLOEOCAPSA; SYNECHOCOCCUS;

EID: 42149109071     PISSN: 09483055     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/ame01161     Document Type: Article

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