Spatial and temporal patterns in the microbial diversity of a meromictic Soda Lake in Washington State

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 74, Issue 15, 2008, Pages 4877-4888

  Dimitriu, Pedro A ^a,d   Pinkart, Holly C ^b   Peyton, Brent M ^c   Mormile, Melanie R ^a  

^a MISSOURI UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b CENTRAL WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Montana State University   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

16S RRNA; 16S RRNA GENES; ARCHAEA; ARCHAEAL; BACTERIAL COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; BACTEROIDES; CHEMOCLINE; CHLOROFLEXI; CYTOPHAGA; DENATURING GRADIENT GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; GAMMAPROTEOBACTERIA; IRON-REDUCING BACTERIA; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY DIVERSITY; MICROBIAL DIVERSITY; OPERATIONAL TAXONOMIC UNITS; PHYLOGENETIC ANALYSIS; SEASONAL VARIABILITY; SULFATE-REDUCING; TEMPORAL PATTERNING; TEMPORAL VARIABILITY; WASHINGTON STATE; WATER COLUMN;

BACTERIOLOGY; BIODIVERSITY; CLONING; COLLOIDS; ELECTROPHORESIS; GELATION; IRON; LIBRARIES; MICROORGANISMS; OFFSHORE OIL WELL PRODUCTION; SEDIMENTATION; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SEDIMENTS; SULFATE MINERALS;

METHANOGENS;

BACTERIAL RNA; RIBOSOME RNA;

BACTERIUM; BIOASSAY; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DOMINANCE; ELECTROKINESIS; GEL; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; RNA; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; TURNOVER; WATER COLUMN;

ARTICLE; AUTUMN; CHLOROFLEXI; CYTOPHAGA; DENATURING GRADIENT GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; GAMMAPROTEOBACTERIA; GENE LIBRARY; LAKE; MICROBIAL DIVERSITY; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; SEDIMENT; SUMMER; UNITED STATES;

ANIONS; ARCHAEA; BACTERIA; CATIONS; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OXYGEN; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEASONS; TEMPERATURE; VARIATION (GENETICS); WASHINGTON; WATER;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WASHINGTON [UNITED STATES];

ARCHAEA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BACTEROIDES; BACTEROIDETES; CHLOROFLEXI; CHLOROFLEXI (CLASS); CYTOPHAGA; FLEXIBACTER; GAMMAPROTEOBACTERIA; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 49449100545     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.00455-08     Document Type: Article

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