Gene transfer agent (GTA) genes reveal diverse and dynamic Roseobacter and Rhodobacter populations in the Chesapeake Bay

ISME Journal

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 364-373

  Zhao, Yanlin ^a,b   Wang, Kui ^a   Budinoff, Charles ^c   Buchan, Alison ^c   Lang, Andrew ^d   Jiao, Nianzhi ^b   Chen, Feng ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BIOTECHNOLOGY INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b XIAMEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^d MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND   (Canada)

Author keywords

Chesapeake bay; Diversity; GTA; Rhodobacter; Roseobacter

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; CAPSID PROTEIN; RIBOSOME DNA; RNA 16S; VIRUS DNA;

ARTICLE; BACTERIOPHAGE; BIODIVERSITY; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE LIBRARY; GENETICS; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RHODOBACTER; ROSEOBACTER; SEASON; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; UNITED STATES; VIROLOGY;

BACTERIOPHAGES; BIODIVERSITY; CAPSID PROTEINS; CLONING, MOLECULAR; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; DNA, VIRAL; GENE LIBRARY; MARYLAND; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RHODOBACTER; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; ROSEOBACTER; SEASONS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; WATER MICROBIOLOGY;

ALPHAPROTEOBACTERIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); MIRIDAE; RHODOBACTER; RHODOBACTERALES; ROSEOBACTER;

EID: 60749134109     PISSN: 17517362     EISSN: 17517370     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ismej.2008.115     Document Type: Article

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