Substrate-specific clades of active marine methylotrophs associated with a phytoplankton bloom in a temperate coastal environment

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 74, Issue 23, 2008, Pages 7321-7328

  Neufeld, Josh D ^a,b   Boden, Rich ^a   Moussard, Hélène ^a   Schäfer, Hendrik ^a   Murrell, J Colin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGAE CONTROL; AMINATION; ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; ATMOSPHERICS; BACTERIOLOGY; BIOCHEMISTRY; BLOOMS (METAL); CLONING; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COLLOIDS; CULTIVATION; DNA; ELECTROPHORESIS; GELATION; METHANOL; NUCLEIC ACIDS; ORGANIC ACIDS; PHYTOPLANKTON; POPULATION STATISTICS; SEAWATER; SUBSTRATES; SULFUR COMPOUNDS;

16S RRNA GENES; ALPHAPROTEOBACTERIA; BACTERIAL COMMUNITIES; BACTEROIDES; CLONE LIBRARIES; COASTAL ENVIRONMENTS; CYTOPHAGA; DATA SETS; DENATURING GRADIENT GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; DIMETHYL SULFIDES; DIMETHYLAMINE; DIMETHYLSULFONIOPROPIONATE; DNA SAMPLES; GAMMAPROTEOBACTERIA; GLOBAL CLIMATES; MARINE MICROORGANISMS; METAGENOMIC ANALYSES; METHYL BROMIDES; MICROBIAL POPULATIONS; PHYTOPLANKTON BLOOMS; RRNA GENES; SEAWATER SAMPLES; STABLE ISOTOPES; SUBSTRATE UTILIZATIONS; SURFACE SEAWATERS; TIME POINTS;

GENES;

RNA 16S; SEA WATER;

ALGAL BLOOM; ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; BACTERIUM; CLADISTICS; COASTAL ZONE; GLOBAL CLIMATE; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; PHYTOPLANKTON; SPECIES DIVERSITY; TEMPERATE ENVIRONMENT;

ALGAL BLOOM; ALPHAPROTEOBACTERIA; ARTICLE; BACTEROIDES; CLADISTICS; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COASTAL WATERS; CYTOPHAGA; DENATURING GRADIENT GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; FLEXIBACTER; GAMMAPROTEOBACTERIA; GENE LIBRARY; GENE SEQUENCE; ISOTOPE LABELING; MARINE BACTERIUM; METHYLOTROPHIC BACTERIUM; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; RHODOBACTERACEAE; UNINDEXED SEQUENCE;

BACTERIA; CARBON; DNA FINGERPRINTING; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; GENES, RRNA; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; ORGANIC CHEMICALS; PHYLOGENY; PHYTOPLANKTON; RNA, BACTERIAL; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEAWATER; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, NUCLEIC ACID;

ALPHAPROTEOBACTERIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BACTEROIDES; CYTOPHAGA; FLEXIBACTER; GAMMAPROTEOBACTERIA; METHYLOPHAGA; RHODOBACTERACEAE;

EID: 57149086455     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.01266-08     Document Type: Article

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