Bacterial diversity of soil samples from the western Himalayas, India

Canadian Journal of Microbiology

Volumn 55, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 564-577

  Gangwar, Pooja ^a   Alam, Syed Imteyaz ^a   Bansod, Sunita ^a   Singh, Lokendra ^a  

^a DEFENCE RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT ESTABLISHMENT   (India)

Author keywords

Culture independent study; Himalayas; Microbial diversity; Phylogeny; Psychrophile

Indexed keywords

CULTURE-INDEPENDENT STUDY; HIMALAYAS; MICROBIAL DIVERSITY; PHYLOGENY; PSYCHROPHILE;

FIRE HAZARDS; OCEAN HABITATS; ORGANIC CARBON; SOIL SURVEYS; SOILS;

BACTERIOLOGY;

ORGANIC CARBON; RNA 16S; TRIACYLGLYCEROL LIPASE;

BACTERIUM; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ORGANIC CARBON; PHYLOGENY; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

ACTINOBACTERIA; ARTHROBACTER; ARTICLE; BACILLUS; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BACTEROIDETES; BETAPROTEOBACTERIA; ENZYME SYNTHESIS; FIRMICUTES; GENE SEQUENCE; GENUS; HABITAT; INDIA; MICROBIAL DIVERSITY; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEOBACTERIA; PSEUDOMONAS; PSYCHROPHILIC BACTERIUM; SOIL; UNINDEXED SEQUENCE;

ALTITUDE; BACTERIA; BIODIVERSITY; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COLD TEMPERATURE; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; INDIA; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY;

ASIA; EURASIA; HIMALAYAS; INDIA; SOUTH ASIA;

ACTINOBACTERIA; ARTHROBACTER; BACILLUS (BACTERIUM); BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BACTEROIDETES; BETAPROTEOBACTERIA; FIRMICUTES; GAMMAPROTEOBACTERIA; PROTEOBACTERIA; PSEUDOMONAS;

EID: 66849091748     PISSN: 00084166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/W09-011     Document Type: Article

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