Genetic diversity of eukaryotic plankton assemblages in eastern Tibetan lakes differing by their salinity and altitude

Microbial Ecology

Volumn 58, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 569-581

  Wu, Qinglong L ^a   Chatzinotas, Antonis ^b   Wang, Jianjun ^a   Boenigk, Jens ^c  

^a NANJING INSTITUTE OF GEOGRAPHY AND LIMNOLOGY   (China)

^b HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH UFZ   (Germany)

^c ERICH SCHMID INSTITUTE OF MATERIALS SCIENCE   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FRESH WATER; RNA 18S;

ALGA; ALTITUDE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COUNT; CHINA; CLASSIFICATION; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CYANOBACTERIUM; DNA SEQUENCE; ECOSYSTEM; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; PHYLOGENY; PLANKTON; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; SALINITY;

ALGAE; ALTITUDE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; CYANOBACTERIA; ECOSYSTEM; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; FRESH WATER; GENETIC VARIATION; PHYLOGENY; PLANKTON; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 18S; SALINITY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; TIBET; WATER MICROBIOLOGY;

EUKARYOTA; PROTISTA; UNCULTURED EUKARYOTE; UNCULTURED EUKARYOTIC PICOPLANKTON;

EID: 70350151424     PISSN: 00953628     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00248-009-9526-8     Document Type: Article

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