Novel archaea and bacteria dominate stable microbial communities in North America's largest hot spring

Microbial Ecology

Volumn 56, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 292-305

  Wilson, Mark S ^a   Siering, Patricia L ^a   White, Christopher L ^a   Hauser, Michelle E ^a   Bartles, Andrea N ^a  

^a HUMBOLDT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RIBOSOME DNA; RNA 16S; RNA 18S;

ARCHAEBACTERIUM; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM; CLASSIFICATION; DNA SEQUENCE; ECOSYSTEM; FUNGUS; GENE LIBRARY; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; RNA GENE; THERMAL SPRING; UNITED STATES;

ARCHAEA; BACTERIA; CALIFORNIA; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; ECOSYSTEM; FUNGI; GENE LIBRARY; GENES, RRNA; HOT SPRINGS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 18S; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

ARCHAEA; ASCOMYCOTA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BASIDIOMYCOTA; FIRMICUTES; FUNGI; PROKARYOTA; PROTEOBACTERIA;

EID: 46149099123     PISSN: 00953628     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00248-007-9347-6     Document Type: Article

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