Temporal and spatial patterns of eukaryotic and bacterial communities found in vernal pools

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 74, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 2554-2557

  Carrino Kyker, Sarah R ^a   Swanson, Andrew K ^a  

^a CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DECOMPOSITION; ELECTROPHORESIS;

DECOMPOSERS; PHYSICOCHEMICAL VARIABILITY; SPATIAL CHANGES; VERNAL POOLS;

BACTERIA;

EUKARYOTE; HETEROTROPHY; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTY; POOL; SPATIAL VARIATION; SPECIES RICHNESS; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

ALPHAPROTEOBACTERIA; ARTICLE; BETAPROTEOBACTERIA; DENATURING GRADIENT GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; EUKARYOTE; FLOODPLAIN; FUNGUS; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SPECIES RICHNESS; WETLAND;

ANIMALS; BACTERIA; BIODIVERSITY; DIATOMS; DNA FINGERPRINTING; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY; FUNGI; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NUCLEIC ACID DENATURATION; OHIO; PROTOZOA; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 18S; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; TIME FACTORS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); EUKARYOTA;

EID: 42349103035     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.01482-07     Document Type: Article

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