Prokaryotic functional diversity in different biogeochemical depth zones in tidal sediments of the Severn Estuary, UK, revealed by stable-isotope probing

FEMS Microbiology Ecology

Volumn 72, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 179-197

  Webster, Gordon ^a,b   Rinna, Joachim ^b   Roussel, Erwan G ^b   Fry, John C ^a   Weightman, Andrew J ^a   Parkes, R John ^b  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Archaea; Bacteria; DNA; Marine sediments; PCR DGGE; Stable isotope probing

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEAL DNA; BACTERIAL DNA; CARBON; METHANE; RNA 16S; SEA WATER; SULFATE;

BACTERIUM; DNA; FUNCTIONAL CHANGE; GLUCOSE; MARINE SEDIMENT; METABOLISM; METHANOGENESIS; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SLURRY; STABLE ISOTOPE;

ARCHAEBACTERIUM; ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; PHYLOGENY; PROTEOBACTERIA; SEDIMENT; UNITED KINGDOM;

ARCHAEA; CARBON ISOTOPES; DNA, ARCHAEAL; DNA, BACTERIAL; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; GREAT BRITAIN; METHANE; PHYLOGENY; PROTEOBACTERIA; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEAWATER; SULFATES; WATER MICROBIOLOGY;

SEVERN ESTUARY; UNITED KINGDOM;

ARCHAEA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CRENARCHAEOTA; EPSILONPROTEOBACTERIA; GAMMAPROTEOBACTERIA; PROKARYOTA; UNCULTURED PROKARYOTE;

EID: 77950687902     PISSN: 01686496     EISSN: 15746941     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6941.2010.00848.x     Document Type: Article

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