Lipid biomarker and phylogenetic analyses to reveal archaeal biodiversity and distribution in hypersaline microbial mat and underlying sediment

Geobiology

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 394-410

  Jahnke, L L ^a,b   Orphan, V J ^a,c   Embaye, T ^d   Turk, K A ^d   Kubo, M D ^d   Summons, R E ^b,e   Des Marais, D J ^a,b  

^a NASA AMES RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b NASA HEADQUARTERS   (United States)

^c CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^d SETI INSTITUTE   (United States)

^e MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEAL DNA; ARCHAEAL RNA; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; LIPID; RIBOSOME DNA; RNA 16S;

ABUNDANCE; BACTERIUM; BENTHOS; BIODIVERSITY; BIOMARKER; CORE ANALYSIS; HYPERSALINE ENVIRONMENT; LIPID; MICROBIAL MAT; ORGANIC COMPOUND; PHYLOGENETICS;

ARCHAEBACTERIUM; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM; BIODIVERSITY; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; DNA SEQUENCE; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MEXICO; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; RNA GENE; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

ARCHAEA; BACTERIA; BIODIVERSITY; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; DNA, ARCHAEAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; GENES, RRNA; LIPIDS; MEXICO; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; RNA, ARCHAEAL; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, NUCLEIC ACID; WATER MICROBIOLOGY;

BAJA CALIFORNIA [(STT) MEXICO]; MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; NORTH AMERICA;

ARCHAEA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CRENARCHAEOTA; HALOBACTERIACEAE; HALOBACTERIUM; NATRONOMONAS PHARAONIS; THERMOPLASMATALES;

EID: 49249095370     PISSN: 14724677     EISSN: 14724669     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1472-4669.2008.00165.x     Document Type: Article

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