Relative diversity and community structure of ciliates in stream biofilms according to molecular and microscopy methods

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 75, Issue 16, 2009, Pages 5261-5272

  Dopheide, Andrew ^a   Lear, Gavin ^a   Stott, Rebecca ^b   Lewis, Gillian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF WATER AND ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

18S RRNA; AQUATIC ECOSYSTEM; COMMUNITY STRUCTURES; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; GENETIC DIVERSITY; HUMAN ACTIVITIES; MACROINVERTEBRATE COMMUNITY; MOLECULAR TECHNIQUES; MULTI VARIATE ANALYSIS; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; TERMINAL RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISMS; TROPHIC LEVEL; URBAN STREAM; WATER QUALITY CHARACTERISTICS;

BIOFILMS; DECISION MAKING; ECOLOGY; GESTURE RECOGNITION; MULTIVARIANT ANALYSIS; WATER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY;

BIOFILTERS;

BACTERIUM; BIOFILM; CILIATE; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION; HUMAN ACTIVITY; MACROINVERTEBRATE; MICROSCOPY; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; MORPHOLOGY; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; POLYMORPHISM; RNA; STREAM; TROPHIC LEVEL; WATER QUALITY;

ARTICLE; BIOFILM; CILIATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL ASPECTS AND RELATED PHENOMENA; GENETIC VARIABILITY; MICROSCOPY; NONHUMAN; PROTISTAN COMMUNITY; RNA SEQUENCE; SAMPLING; SEASON; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; STREAM (RIVER); TERMINAL RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; URBAN AREA;

ANIMALS; BIODIVERSITY; BIOFILMS; CILIOPHORA; DNA, PROTOZOAN; ECOSYSTEM; GENETIC VARIATION; HUMANS; MICROSCOPY; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; RIVERS; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 18S; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

CILIOPHORA; PROTOZOA;

EID: 68549109634     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.00412-09     Document Type: Article

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