Comparison of deep-sea sediment microbial communities in the Eastern Mediterranean

FEMS Microbiology Ecology

Volumn 64, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 362-377

  Heijs, Sander K ^a   Laverman, Anniet M ^b,c   Forney, Larry J ^a,d   Hardoim, Pablo R ^a   Van Elsas, Jan Dirk ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^d UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO   (United States)

Author keywords

Deep sea; Microbial community structure; Molecular analysis; Prokarya

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEEP SEA; MARINE SEDIMENT; MEDITERRANEAN WATER; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; NUCLEIC ACID ANALYSIS; PROKARYOTE; RNA; TAXONOMY;

ACTINOBACTERIA; ALPHA EPSILONPROTEOBACTERIA; ARCHAEBACTERIUM; ARTICLE; BACILLUS; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; BETA EPSILONPROTEOBACTERIA; CHEMOAUTOTROPHY; CHLOROFLEXI; CRENARCHAEA; DEEP SEA; DELTA EPSILONPROTEOBACTERIA; EPSILONPROTEOBACTERIA; GAMMA EPSILONPROTEOBACTERIA; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC CONSERVATION; HABITAT STRUCTURE; HALOBACTERIALES; HETEROTROPHY; METHANOSARCINA; METHANOTROPHY; METHYLOTROPHY; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEDIMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SOUTHERN EUROPE; TAXONOMY; THERMOPLASMALES; UNINDEXED SEQUENCE;

ARCHAEA; BACTERIA; BIODIVERSITY; DNA, ARCHAEAL; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

MEDITERRANEAN SEA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA (EAST);

ACTINOBACTERIA; ARCHAEA; BACILLI (CLASS); BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CHLOROFLEXI; CHLOROFLEXI (CLASS); CRENARCHAEOTA; EPSILONPROTEOBACTERIA; HALOBACTERIALES; METHANOSARCINALES; PROKARYOTA; THERMOPLASMATALES; UNCLASSIFIED BACTERIA;

EID: 43149102303     PISSN: 01686496     EISSN: 15746941     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6941.2008.00463.x     Document Type: Article

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