Spatial structure and persistence of methanogen populations in humic bog lakes

ISME Journal

Volumn 4, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 764-776

  Milferstedt, Kim ^a,b   Youngblut, Nicholas D ^a   Whitaker, Rachel J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b LABORATOIRE DE BIOTECHNOLOGIE DE L ENVIRONNEMENT   (France)

Author keywords

Biogeography; Disturbance; Humic bog lakes; McrA; Methanogens; Population structure

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEAL DNA; FRESH WATER;

BIOGEOGRAPHY; BOG; DISTURBANCE; GENETIC MARKER; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; METHANOGENIC BACTERIUM; POPULATION STRUCTURE; PROTEIN; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SPECIES DIVERSITY; WATER COLUMN;

ARTICLE; DNA SEQUENCE; EURYARCHAEOTA; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; PHYLOGENY; SEASON; TIME; WETLAND;

DNA, ARCHAEAL; EURYARCHAEOTA; FRESH WATER; GENETIC VARIATION; PHYLOGENY; SEASONS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; TIME FACTORS; WATER MICROBIOLOGY; WETLANDS;

ARCHAEA;

EID: 77952671350     PISSN: 17517362     EISSN: 17517370     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ismej.2010.7     Document Type: Article

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