Molecular and morphological characterization of cyanobacterial diversity in the stromatolites of highborne cay, bahamas

ISME Journal

Volumn 3, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 573-587

  Foster, Jamie S ^a   Green, Stefan J ^b   Ahrendt, Steven R ^a,f   Golubic, Stjepko ^c   Reid, R Pamela ^d   Hetherington, Kevin L ^a   Bebout, Lee ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Boston University   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

^e NASA AMES RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^f PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cyanobacteria; Microbial diversity; Stromatolites

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; BACTERIAL RNA; BIOPOLYMER; RIBOSOME DNA; RNA 16S;

ARTICLE; BAHAMAS; BIODIVERSITY; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CYANOBACTERIUM; DNA SEQUENCE; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LIGHT; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PHYLOGENY; PHYSIOLOGY; RNA GENE; SEDIMENT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

BAHAMAS; BIODIVERSITY; BIOPOLYMERS; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CYANOBACTERIA; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; GENES, RRNA; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; LIGHT; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; RNA, BACTERIAL; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, NUCLEIC ACID;

CYANOBACTERIA;

EID: 67349191015     PISSN: 17517362     EISSN: 17517370     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ismej.2008.129     Document Type: Article

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