Bacterial, archaeal and eukaryotic diversity of smooth and pustular microbial mat communities in the hypersaline lagoon of Shark Bay

Geobiology

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 82-96

  Allen, M A ^a   Goh, F ^a   Burns, B P ^a   Neilan, B A ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEAL RNA; BACTERIAL RNA; FUNGAL RNA; HELMINTH RNA; RIBOSOME DNA; RNA 16S; RNA 18S;

BACTERIUM; EUKARYOTE; HYPERSALINE ENVIRONMENT; LAGOON; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; MICROBIAL MAT; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

ANIMAL; ARCHAEBACTERIUM; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BACTERIUM; BIODIVERSITY; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; DNA SEQUENCE; FUNGUS; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NEMATODE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARASITOLOGY; PHYLOGENY; SEDIMENT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

ANIMALS; ARCHAEA; AUSTRALIA; BACTERIA; BIODIVERSITY; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; FUNGI; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NEMATODA; PHYLOGENY; RNA, ARCHAEAL; RNA, BACTERIAL; RNA, FUNGAL; RNA, HELMINTH; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 18S; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, NUCLEIC ACID;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; SHARK BAY; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

ACTINOBACTERIA; ALPHAPROTEOBACTERIA; ARCHAEA; BACILLARIOPHYTA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BACTEROIDETES; CHLOROFLEXI; CHLOROFLEXI (CLASS); CHONDRICHTHYES; CYANOBACTERIA; DELTAPROTEOBACTERIA; EUKARYOTA; EURYARCHAEOTA; FIRMICUTES; FUNGI; GAMMAPROTEOBACTERIA; GEMMATIMONAS; HALOBACTERIALES; NEMATODA; PLANCTOMYCETES; SPIROCHAETALES; SPIROCHAETES; VERRUCOMICROBIA;

EID: 60149086349     PISSN: 14724677     EISSN: 14724669     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1472-4669.2008.00187.x     Document Type: Article

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