Archaeal diversity at the Great Salt Plains of Oklahoma described by cultivation and molecular analyses

Microbial Ecology

Volumn 58, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 519-528

  Caton, T M ^a   Caton, I R ^a   Witte, L R ^a   Schneegurt, M A ^a  

^a WICHITA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEAL DNA; RNA 16S; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; CLASSIFICATION; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE LIBRARY; GENETICS; HALOBACTERIUM; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; PHYLOGENY; SALINITY; UNITED STATES;

BIODIVERSITY; DNA, ARCHAEAL; GENE LIBRARY; HALOBACTERIACEAE; OKLAHOMA; PHYLOGENY; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SALINITY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SODIUM CHLORIDE; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY;

ARCHAEA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); EURYARCHAEOTA; HALOARCULA; HALOBACTERIALES; HALOFERAX; HALORUBRUM; HALOTERRIGENA; NATRINEMA; NEGIBACTERIA; OTUS;

EID: 70350136692     PISSN: 00953628     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00248-009-9507-y     Document Type: Article

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