Colorful microdiversity of Synechococcus strains (picocyanobacteria) isolated from the Baltic Sea

ISME Journal

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 397-408

  Haverkamp, Thomas H A ^a   Schouten, Daphne ^a   Doeleman, Marije ^a   Wollenzien, Ute ^a   Huisman, Jef ^b   Stal, Lucas J ^a,b  

^a NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE OF ECOLOGY NIOO KNAW   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Cyanobacteria; Horizontal gene transfer; Microdiversity; Phycocyanin; Phycoerythrin; Synechococcus

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; BACTERIAL RNA; PHYCOCYANIN; PIGMENT; RIBOSOMAL SPACER DNA; RIBOSOME DNA; RNA 16S; SEA WATER;

ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; BIOSYNTHESIS; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DNA SEQUENCE; GENETICS; HORIZONTAL GENE TRANSFER; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MOLECULAR GENETICS; OPERON; PHYLOGENY; PHYSIOLOGY; RNA GENE; SEA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SYNECHOCOCCUS;

BIODIVERSITY; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL SPACER; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENE TRANSFER, HORIZONTAL; GENES, RRNA; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OCEANS AND SEAS; OPERON; PHYCOCYANIN; PHYLOGENY; PIGMENTS, BIOLOGICAL; RNA, BACTERIAL; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEAWATER; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, NUCLEIC ACID; SYNECHOCOCCUS;

CYANOBACTERIA; SYNECHOCOCCUS;

EID: 63349098310     PISSN: 17517362     EISSN: 17517370     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ismej.2008.118     Document Type: Article

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