Taxonomic resolution, ecotypes and the biogeography of Prochlorococcus

Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 823-832

  Martiny, Adam C ^a,b   Tai, Amos P K ^a,c   Veneziano, Daniele ^a   Primeau, François ^b   Chisholm, Sallie W ^a  

^a Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; RIBOSOMAL SPACER DNA; SEA WATER;

ARTICLE; ATLANTIC OCEAN; BIODIVERSITY; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DNA SEQUENCE; GENETICS; GEOGRAPHY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PACIFIC OCEAN; PHYLOGENY; PROCHLOROCOCCUS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; TIME;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; BIODIVERSITY; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL SPACER; GEOGRAPHY; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PACIFIC OCEAN; PHYLOGENY; PROCHLOROCOCCUS; SEAWATER; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, NUCLEIC ACID; TIME FACTORS;

PROCHLOROCOCCUS;

EID: 63849172535     PISSN: 14622912     EISSN: 14622920     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1462-2920.2008.01803.x     Document Type: Article

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