The molecular diversity of the methanogenic community in a hypereutrophic freshwater lake determined by PCR-RFLP

Journal of Applied Microbiology

Volumn 97, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 973-984

  Whitby, C ^a   Earl, J ^a   Lanyon, C ^a   Gray, S ^a   Robinson, J ^a   Meadows, J ^a   Edwards, Clive ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

16S rRNA; Hypereutrophic freshwater lake; Methanogen diversity; RFLP

Indexed keywords

ECOLOGY; ELECTROPHORESIS; GENES; METHANOGENS; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA; WATER;

16S RDNA; 16S RRNA; 16S RRNA GENE SEQUENCE; FRESH WATER LAKES; HYPEREUTROPHIC FRESHWATER LAKE; METHANOGEN DIVERSITY; METHANOGENIC COMMUNITY; MOLECULAR DIVERSITY; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISMS; SEDIMENT SAMPLES;

LAKES;

DNA 16S; LAKE WATER; RNA 16S;

EUTROPHIC ENVIRONMENT; LACUSTRINE ENVIRONMENT; METHANOGENIC BACTERIUM; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

AGAR GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; ARCHAEBACTERIUM; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL FLORA; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CLONE; EUTROPHICATION; FRESHWATER ENVIRONMENT; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC DATABASE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HYPEREUTROPHIC FRESHWATER LAKE; LAKE; METHANOBACTERIUM; METHANOCULLEUS; MOLECULAR ECOLOGY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; RESTRICTION MAPPING; RESTRICTION SITE; RNA 16S GENE; RNA GENE; SEDIMENT; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES IDENTIFICATION;

ARCHAEA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); METHANOBACTERIUM; METHANOCULLEUS;

EID: 6344225694     PISSN: 13645072     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2672.2004.02378.x     Document Type: Article

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