Spatial and temporal variability in a stratified hypersaline microbial mat community

FEMS Microbiology Ecology

Volumn 68, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 46-58

  Dillon, Jesse G ^a,e   Miller, Scott ^b   Bebout, Brad ^c   Hullar, Meredith ^d   Pinel, Nicolás ^a   Stahl, David A ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA   (United States)

^c NASA AMES RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^d University of Washington   (United States)

^e CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cyanobacteria; Guerrero Negro; Hypersaline; Microbial mat; Migration; T RFLP

Indexed keywords

RNA 16S; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ABUNDANCE; COMMUNITY DYNAMICS; CYANOBACTERIUM; DIEL MIGRATION; DIEL VARIATION; HYPERSALINE ENVIRONMENT; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; MICROBIAL MAT; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; REDOX CONDITIONS; RNA; SPATIAL VARIATION; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTEROIDES; BEGGIATOA; CHLOROFLEXUS; CYANOBACTERIUM; GENE SEQUENCE; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; MICROBIAL DIVERSITY; MICROBIAL MAT; NEGRO; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PLANT COMMUNITY; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT; SALINITY; SAMPLING; SPECIES DIVERSITY; STRATIFICATION;

BACTEROIDETES; BIODIVERSITY; CHLOROFLEXUS; CYANOBACTERIA; GENES, RRNA; PHOTOPERIOD; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; RNA, BACTERIAL; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; WATER MICROBIOLOGY;

BAJA CALIFORNIA SUR; GUERRERO NEGRO; MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; NORTH AMERICA;

BACTEROIDETES; BEGGIATOA; CHLOROFLEXUS; CYANOBACTERIA; HALOCHROMATIUM; MICROCOLEUS SP.;

EID: 61649103797     PISSN: 01686496     EISSN: 15746941     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6941.2009.00647.x     Document Type: Article

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