Microbial community response to seawater amendment in low-salinity tidal sediments

Microbial Ecology

Volumn 58, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 558-568

  Edmonds, Jennifer W ^a   Weston, Nathaniel B ^b   Joye, Samantha B ^c   Mou, Xiaozhen ^d   Moran, Mary Ann ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA   (United States)

^b VILLANOVA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^d KENT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEAL DNA; BACTERIAL DNA; RNA 16S; SEA WATER;

ARCHAEBACTERIUM; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM; DNA SEQUENCE; ECOSYSTEM; GENE LIBRARY; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MICROBIOLOGY; PHYLOGENY; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; RIVER; SALINITY; SEDIMENT; TIME; UNITED STATES;

ARCHAEA; BACTERIA; DNA, ARCHAEAL; DNA, BACTERIAL; ECOSYSTEM; GENE LIBRARY; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; GEORGIA; PHYLOGENY; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; RIVERS; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SALINITY; SEAWATER; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; TIME FACTORS; WATER MICROBIOLOGY;

ANIMALIA; ARCHAEA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); PROKARYOTA;

EID: 70350165961     PISSN: 00953628     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00248-009-9556-2     Document Type: Article

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