Phylogenetic diversity and metabolic potential revealed in a glacier ice metagenome

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 75, Issue 23, 2009, Pages 7519-7526

  Simon, Carola ^a   Wiezer, Arnim ^a   Strittmatter, Axel W ^a   Daniel, Rolf ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

16S RRNA GENE; 16S RRNA GENE SEQUENCE; ACTINOBACTERIA; AEROBIC BACTERIUM; ANAEROBIC CONDITIONS; BACTERIAL ISOLATES; BETAPROTEOBACTERIA; CARBON FIXATION; COLD ENVIRONMENT; CRYOPROTECTANTS; DERIVED DATA; EXTRATERRESTRIAL ENVIRONMENTS; GERMANY; GLACIAL ICE; GLACIER ICE; MEMBRANE FLUIDITY; METABOLIC ADAPTATION; METABOLIC VERSATILITY; METAGENOMES; MICROBIAL ASSEMBLAGE; MICROBIAL BIOMASS; MICROBIAL LIFE; ORGANIC SUBSTRATE; PHYLOGENETIC DIVERSITY; PHYLOGENETIC GROUPS; PHYLOGENETIC STUDIES; PROTEOBACTERIA; PYROSEQUENCING; SHEDDING LIGHT; UNSATURATED FATTY ACIDS;

BACTERIA; BACTERIOLOGY; BIOMASS; DNA; FATTY ACIDS; FLUORINE CONTAINING POLYMERS; GLACIAL GEOLOGY; ICE; METABOLISM; NUCLEIC ACIDS; OCEAN HABITATS; RNA;

GENES;

CRYOPROTECTIVE AGENT; DNA; NITRATE; NITRITE; RNA 16S; UNSATURATED FATTY ACID;

BIOMASS; EXTRATERRESTRIAL MATTER; GENOME; GLACIER; LIFESTYLE; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; PHYLOGENETICS; PROKARYOTE; RNA;

ACTINOBACTERIA; AEROBIC BACTERIUM; ARTICLE; ASTRONOMY; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BACTEROIDETES; BETAPROTEOBACTERIA; CARBON FIXATION; DEGRADATION; DNA ISOLATION; ENVIRONMENT; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOME; GLACIER; HABITAT; MEMBRANE FLUIDITY; METAGENOMICS; MICROBIAL METABOLISM; MICROCLIMATE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; NUTRIENT; PHYLOGENY; PROKARYOTE; PROTEOBACTERIA; PSYCHROPHILIC BACTERIUM; PYROSEQUENCING; UNINDEXED SEQUENCE;

ARCHAEA; BACTERIA; BIODIVERSITY; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; EUKARYOTA; GERMANY; ICE COVER; METAGENOME; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; VIRUSES;

BAVARIA; GERMANY; NORTHERN SCHNEEFERNER;

ACTINOBACTERIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BACTEROIDETES; BETAPROTEOBACTERIA; PROKARYOTA; PROTEOBACTERIA;

EID: 72949116371     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.00946-09     Document Type: Article

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