Oxygen and guanine-cytosine profiles in marine environments

Journal of Molecular Evolution

Volumn 69, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 203-206

  Romero, Héctor ^a   Pereira, Emiliano ^a   Naya, Hugo ^b   Musto, Héctor ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE LA REPÚBLICA   (Uruguay)

^b INSTITUT PASTEUR DE MONTEVIDEO   (Uruguay)

Author keywords

Aerobiosis; GC content; Metagenomics

Indexed keywords

CYTOSINE; DNA FRAGMENT; GUANINE; OXYGEN; SEA WATER;

ARTICLE; GENOMICS; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NATURAL SELECTION; NONHUMAN; ORGANISM; OXYGEN CONCENTRATION; PROKARYOTE; SPECIES;

PROKARYOTA;

BASE COMPOSITION; BASE SEQUENCE; ENVIRONMENT; OXYGEN; PACIFIC OCEAN; SEAWATER;

EID: 68449094948     PISSN: 00222844     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00239-009-9230-9     Document Type: Article

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