Gammaproteobacteria occurrence and microdiversity in Tyrrhenian Sea sediments as revealed by cultivation-dependent and -independent approaches

Systematic and Applied Microbiology

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 222-231

  Ettoumi, Besma ^a   Bouhajja, Emna ^a   Borin, Sara ^b   Daffonchio, Daniele ^b   Boudabous, Abdellatif ^a   Cherif, Ameur ^a,c  

^a FACULTÉ DES SCIENCES DE TUNIS   (Tunisia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MANOUBA   (Tunisia)

Author keywords

ARISA fingerprinting; Deep sea sediments; DGGE; Gammaproteobacteria; Microdiversity

Indexed keywords

DNA; DNA 16S; RNA 16S;

ARTICLE; AUTOMATED RIBOSOMAL INTERGENIC SPACER ANALYSIS; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CLONAL SPECIES; DENATURING GRADIENT GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; DNA EXTRACTION; GAMMAPROTEOBACTERIA; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENE TARGETING; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; HAPLOTYPE; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; MICROBIAL DIVERSITY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEDIMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; WATER SAMPLING;

ACTINOBACTERIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CHLOROFLEXI; CHLOROFLEXI (CLASS); FIRMICUTES; GAMMAPROTEOBACTERIA; HALOMONAS AQUAMARINA; PROTEOBACTERIA; PSYCHROBACTER MARINCOLA;

EID: 77952889908     PISSN: 07232020     EISSN: 16180984     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.syapm.2010.02.005     Document Type: Article

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