Comparison of the microbial diversity at different depths of the GISP2 Greenland ice core in relationship to deposition climates

Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 640-656

  Miteva, Vanya ^a   Teacher, Catherine ^a   Sowers, Todd ^a   Brenchley, Jean ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

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

ARCHAEBACTERIUM; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM; BIODIVERSITY; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; CLIMATE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; FUNGUS; GENETICS; GREENLAND; ICE COVER; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; RNA GENE; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

ARCHAEA; BACTERIA; BIODIVERSITY; CLIMATE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DNA, ARCHAEAL; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA, FUNGAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; FUNGI; GENES, RRNA; GREENLAND; ICE COVER; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; RNA, ARCHAEAL; RNA, BACTERIAL; RNA, FUNGAL; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 18S; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, NUCLEIC ACID;

ACTINOBACTERIA; ARCHAEA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); FIRMICUTES; FUNGI; POSIBACTERIA; PROTEOBACTERIA;

EID: 61549115622     PISSN: 14622912     EISSN: 14622920     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1462-2920.2008.01835.x     Document Type: Article

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