Genetic diversity in strains of the genus Anabaena isolated from planktonic and benthic habitats of the Gulf of Finland (Baltic Sea)

FEMS Microbiology Ecology

Volumn 64, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 199-208

  Halinen, Katrianna ^a   Fewer, David P ^a   Sihvonen, Leila M ^a,b   Lyra, Christina ^a   Eronen, Eeva ^a   Sivonen, Kaarina ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

Author keywords

16S rRNA gene; Anabaena; Baltic Sea; rbcL; rpoC1

Indexed keywords

RNA 16S;

ALGAL BLOOM; BENTHIC ENVIRONMENT; CYANOBACTERIUM; GENE; GENETIC DIFFERENTIATION; MORPHOLOGY; PHYLOGENETICS; PLANKTON; POPULATION GENETICS;

ANABAENA; APHANIZOMENON; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BALTIC SEA; BENTHOS; FINLAND; GENETIC VARIABILITY; MICROBIAL DIVERSITY; NODULARIA; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PLANKTON; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RBCL GENE; RPOC1 GENE;

ANABAENA; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; GENES, RRNA; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; RNA, BACTERIAL; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEAWATER; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, NUCLEIC ACID; VARIATION (GENETICS);

ATLANTIC OCEAN; BALTIC SEA; GULF OF FINLAND;

ANABAENA; ANABAENA SP.; APHANIZOMENON FLOS-AQUAE; CYANOBACTERIA; NODULARIA SPUMIGENA;

EID: 42149117107     PISSN: 01686496     EISSN: 15746941     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6941.2008.00461.x     Document Type: Article

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