Spatial and temporal variability in epilithic biofilm bacterial communities along an upland river gradient

FEMS Microbiology Ecology

Volumn 64, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 407-418

  Anderson Glenna, Mary J ^a,c   Bakkestuen, Vegar ^b   Clipson, Nicholas J W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^c NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Norway)

Author keywords

Bacterial communities; Biofilm; Gradient; Ordination; River; TRFLP

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL RNA; RNA 16S;

BACTERIUM; BIOFILM; COMMUNITY DYNAMICS; ENVIRONMENTAL GRADIENT; EPILITHON; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; NUCLEIC ACID ANALYSIS; PHYLOGENETICS; SPATIAL VARIATION; STREAMWATER; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

ALPHAPROTEOBACTERIA; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTEROIDETES; BETAPROTEOBACTERIA; BIOFILM; BIOME; CYANOBACTERIUM; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; EPILITHIC BIOFILM; GENETIC ANALYSIS; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PH; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; RIVER; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; WEATHER;

BACTERIA; BIOFILMS; DNA FINGERPRINTING; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; GEOGRAPHY; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; RIBOTYPING; RIVERS; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY; TIME FACTORS; WATER MICROBIOLOGY;

ALPHAPROTEOBACTERIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BACTEROIDETES; BETAPROTEOBACTERIA; CYANOBACTERIA;

EID: 43149117498     PISSN: 01686496     EISSN: 15746941     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6941.2008.00480.x     Document Type: Article

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