Biome-level biogeography of streambed microbiota

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 74, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 3014-3021

  Findlay, Robert H ^a,d   Yeates, Christine ^a,e   Hullar, Meredith A J ^b,f   Stahl, David A ^b   Kaplan, Louis A ^c  

^a MIAMI UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c STROUD WATER RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA   (United States)

^e DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT AND RESOURCE MANAGEMENT   (Australia)

^f Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; BIOMASS; FATTY ACIDS; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS;

BIOGEOGRAPHY; MICROBIAL BIOMASS; STREAMBED MICROBIOTA;

SEDIMENTS;

FATTY ACID; PHOSPHATIDATE PHOSPHATASE; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER; ALGAL DNA; BACTERIAL DNA; PHOSPHOLIPID; PROTOZOAL DNA;

BACTERIUM; BIOGEOGRAPHY; BIOME; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; CONIFEROUS FOREST; EVERGREEN FOREST; FUNGUS; HEADWATER; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; PHYSICAL DISTURBANCE; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; STREAM; STREAM BED;

ARTICLE; BIOGEOGRAPHY; BIOME; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; DECIDUOUS PLANT; EVERGREEN RAIN FOREST; FIELD STUDY; FUNGUS; GRAIN; MICROBIAL BIOMASS; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; NONHUMAN; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; SEDIMENT; STREAM (RIVER); ALGA; ANIMAL; BACTERIUM; BIODIVERSITY; BIOMASS; CHEMISTRY; CLIMATE; COSTA RICA; DNA FINGERPRINTING; GENETICS; GEOGRAPHY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; PROTOZOON; RIVER; UNITED STATES;

CENTRAL AMERICA; COSTA RICA; GUANACASTE; NEW JERSEY; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

ALGAE; ANIMALS; BACTERIA; BIODIVERSITY; BIOMASS; CLIMATE; COSTA RICA; DNA FINGERPRINTING; DNA, ALGAL; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA, PROTOZOAN; GEOGRAPHY; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; NEW JERSEY; PENNSYLVANIA; PHOSPHOLIPIDS; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; PROTOZOA; RIVERS;

EID: 44249089075     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.01809-07     Document Type: Article

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