Phylogenetic diversity of transition and anoxic zone bacterial communities within a near-shore anoxic basin: Nitinat Lake

Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 11, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 3233-3251

  Schmidtova, Jana ^a   Hallam, Steven J ^a   Baldwin, Susan A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FRESH WATER;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM; BIODIVERSITY; CANADA; CHLOROBIUM; CLASSIFICATION; EPSILONPROTEOBACTERIA; GAMMAPROTEOBACTERIA; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; GEOGRAPHY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; PHYLOGENY;

BACTERIA; BIODIVERSITY; CANADA; CHLOROBIUM; EPSILONPROTEOBACTERIA; FRESH WATER; GAMMAPROTEOBACTERIA; GENES, BACTERIAL; GENETIC VARIATION; GEOGRAPHY; PHYLOGENY;

ARCOBACTER; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CHLOROBI; CHLOROBIUM SP.; EPSILONPROTEOBACTERIA; GAMMAPROTEOBACTERIA;

EID: 71249090867     PISSN: 14622912     EISSN: 14622920     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1462-2920.2009.02044.x     Document Type: Article

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