Natural community structure of cyanobacteria in the South China Sea as revealed by rpoC1 gene sequence analysis

Letters in Applied Microbiology

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 353-358

  Ma, Y ^a   Jiao, N Z ^a   Zeng, Y H ^a  

^a XIAMEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Cyanobacteria; Prochlorococcus; rpoC1 gene; South China Sea; Synechococcus

Indexed keywords

POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

COMMUNITY STRUCTURES; CYANOBACTERIAL POPULATION; CYANOBACTERIUM; GENE SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; HIGH LIGHTS; PCR AMPLIFICATION; PROCHLOROCOCCUS; RPOC1 GENE; SOUTH CHINA SEA; SYNECHOCOCCUS;

GENES;

DNA; RNA POLYMERASE;

COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; CYANOBACTERIUM; GENETIC ANALYSIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; CHINA; CYANOBACTERIUM; ECOLOGY; GENE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE CLUSTER; GENOTYPE; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POPULATION STRUCTURE; PROCHLOROCOCCUS; RPOC1 GENE; SEA; SEA SURFACE WATERS; SYNECHOCOCCUS; UNINDEXED SEQUENCE;

PACIFIC OCEAN; SOUTH CHINA SEA;

CYANOBACTERIA; NEGIBACTERIA; PROCHLOROCOCCUS; SYNECHOCOCCUS;

EID: 4944251635     PISSN: 02668254     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1472-765X.2004.01588.x     Document Type: Article

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