Distinct patterns of picocyanobacterial communities in winter and summer in the chesapeake bay

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 76, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 2955-2960

  Cai, Haiyuan ^a,b   Wang, Kui ^b   Huang, Sijun ^a,b   Jiao, Nianzhi ^a   Chen, Feng ^b  

^a XIAMEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND CENTER FOR ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

16S RRNA; CHANGING ENVIRONMENT; CHESAPEAKE BAY; CLONE LIBRARY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS; INTERNAL TRANSCRIBED SPACERS; PICOCYANOBACTERIA; SPECIFIC PRIMERS; SYNECHOCOCCUS;

CLONING;

RNA;

PRIMER DNA;

CLONE; CYANOBACTERIUM; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; GENETIC ANALYSIS; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; SEASONAL VARIATION;

ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CYANOBACTERIUM; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; SEA; SEASON; SYNECHOCOCCUS;

BASE SEQUENCE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CYANOBACTERIA; DNA PRIMERS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OCEANS AND SEAS; SEASONS; SYNECHOCOCCUS;

CHESAPEAKE BAY; UNITED STATES;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CYANOBIUM; SYNECHOCOCCUS;

EID: 77951553369     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.02868-09     Document Type: Article

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