Microbial community dynamics in a seasonally anoxic fjord: Saanich Inlet, British Columbia

Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 172-191

  Zaikova, Elena ^a   Walsh, David A ^a   Stilwell, Claire P ^a   Mohn, William W ^a   Tortell, Philippe D ^a   Hallam, Steven J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEAL DNA; BACTERIAL DNA; OXYGEN; SEA WATER;

ARCHAEBACTERIUM; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM; BIODIVERSITY; CANADA; CLASSIFICATION; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; SEASON;

ARCHAEA; BACTERIA; BIODIVERSITY; BRITISH COLUMBIA; DNA, ARCHAEAL; DNA, BACTERIAL; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OXYGEN; PHYLOGENY; SEASONS; SEAWATER; WATER MICROBIOLOGY;

ARCHAEA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BIVALVIA; DELTAPROTEOBACTERIA; GAMMAPROTEOBACTERIA; NITROSPINA;

EID: 73349133709     PISSN: 14622912     EISSN: 14622920     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1462-2920.2009.02058.x     Document Type: Article

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