Biogeographical distribution and diversity of bacterial and archaeal communities within highly polluted anoxic marine sediments from the marmara sea

Marine Pollution Bulletin

Volumn 58, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 384-395

  Cetecioǧlu, Zeynep ^a   Ince, Bahar Kasapgil ^b   Kolukirik, Mustafa ^a   Ince, Orhan ^a  

^a ISTANBUL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b BOGAZICI UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Anoxic marine sediments; DGGE; Marmara sea; Microbial diversity; PCA; Pollution

Indexed keywords

ANOXIC MARINE SEDIMENTS; DGGE; MARMARA SEA; MICROBIAL DIVERSITY; PCA;

ANALYTICAL GEOCHEMISTRY; BACTERIA; BACTERIOLOGY; DENITRIFICATION; ELECTROPHORESIS; GELATION; MANGANESE; MANGANESE COMPOUNDS; MARINE POLLUTION; METHANE; SEAWATER; SUBMARINE GEOLOGY;

SEDIMENTOLOGY;

IRON; MANGANESE; METHANE; RIBOSOME RNA; SULFUR;

ANOXIC SEDIMENT; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; DENITRIFICATION; ELECTROKINESIS; FERMENTATION; GEL; MARINE POLLUTION; MARINE SEDIMENT; METHANE; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; OXIDATION; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA; SEDIMENT POLLUTION; ZOOGEOGRAPHY;

ARTICLE; BIOGEOGRAPHY; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; DENATURING GRADIENT GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; DENITRIFICATION; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; MICROBIAL DIVERSITY; NONHUMAN; OXIDATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEA; SEA POLLUTION; SEDIMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SULFATE REDUCING BACTERIUM; TURKEY (BIRD);

ARCHAEA; BACTERIA; BIODIVERSITY; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; MEDITERRANEAN REGION; OCEANS AND SEAS; OXYGEN; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EURASIA; SEA OF MARMARA; TURKEY;

ARCHAEA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); PROKARYOTA;

EID: 61349145558     PISSN: 0025326X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2008.10.009     Document Type: Article

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