Use of flow cytometric sorting to better assess the diversity of small photosynthetic eukaryotes in the English Channel

FEMS Microbiology Ecology

Volumn 72, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 165-178

  Marie, Dominique ^a   Shi, Xiao Li ^a   Rigaut Jalabert, Fabienne ^a   Vaulot, Daniel ^a  

^a SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

Author keywords

Diversity; Flow cytometry; Photosynthetic eukaryotes

Indexed keywords

ALGAL DNA; RNA 18S; SEA WATER;

AUTOTROPHY; CLONE; DIATOM; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GENETIC ANALYSIS; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; DNA SEQUENCE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; FRANCE; GENE LIBRARY; GENETICS; GREEN ALGA; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; PHYLOGENY; PHYTOPLANKTON; SEASON;

ALGAE, GREEN; BIODIVERSITY; DNA, ALGAL; FLOW CYTOMETRY; FRANCE; GENE LIBRARY; PHYLOGENY; PHYTOPLANKTON; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 18S; SEASONS; SEAWATER; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

ENGLISH CHANNEL;

BACILLARIOPHYTA; BATHYCOCCUS; CRYPTOPHYTA; EUKARYOTA; HAPTOPHYCEAE; MICROMONAS (GREEN ALGA); OSTREOCOCCUS; PRASINOPHYCEAE; PROTISTA;

EID: 77950642291     PISSN: 01686496     EISSN: 15746941     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6941.2010.00842.x     Document Type: Article

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