Distribution and diversity of autotrophic bacteria in groundwater systems based on the analysis of RubisCO genotypes

Systematic and Applied Microbiology

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 140-150

  Alfreider, Albin ^a   Vogt, Carsten ^b   Geiger Kaiser, Margot ^c   Psenner, Roland ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

^b HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH UFZ   (Germany)

^c Section of Water Protection   (Austria)

Author keywords

Chemolithoautotrophic bacteria; Groundwater systems; RubisCO genes

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; GROUND WATER; RIBULOSEBISPHOSPHATE CARBOXYLASE;

ARTICLE; AUSTRIA; AUTOTROPHY; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CLONE; DNA EXTRACTION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; GERMANY; HABITAT; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEOBACTERIA; RALSTONIA; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; UNINDEXED SEQUENCE; WATER POLLUTION; WATER SAMPLING;

AUSTRIA; CHEMOAUTOTROPHIC GROWTH; DNA, BACTERIAL; ECOSYSTEM; FRESH WATER; GENETIC VARIATION; GENOTYPE; GERMANY; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; PROTEOBACTERIA; RIBULOSE-BISPHOSPHATE CARBOXYLASE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; WATER POLLUTION;

CUPRIAVIDUS METALLIDURANS; PROTEOBACTERIA;

EID: 59649083173     PISSN: 07232020     EISSN: 16180984     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.syapm.2008.11.005     Document Type: Article

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