Distribution, ecology and molecular identification of Thioploca from Danish brackish water sediments

FEMS Microbiology Ecology

Volumn 73, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 110-120

  Høgslund, Signe ^a   Nielsen, Jeppe Lund ^b   Nielsen, Lars Peter ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^b AALBORG UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Biomass distribution; Ecological niche; Nitrate accumulation; Phylogeny; Thioploca ingrica

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; FRESH WATER; NITRATE; PHOSPHATE; RNA 16S;

BACTERIUM; BIOMASS; BIOTURBATION; BRACKISH WATER; BURROW; BURROWING ORGANISM; COASTAL ZONE; DIVERGENCE; FJORD; GENE; GENOTYPE; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; MOLECULAR ECOLOGY; MORPHOLOGY; NICHE; NITRATE; PHYLOGENY; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; RNA; SALINE LAKE;

ARTICLE; BIOMASS; CLASSIFICATION; DENMARK; DNA SEQUENCE; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; PHYLOGENY; SEDIMENT; THIOTRICHACEAE;

BIOMASS; DENMARK; DNA, BACTERIAL; FRESH WATER; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; NITRATES; PHOSPHATES; PHYLOGENY; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; THIOTRICHACEAE; WATER MICROBIOLOGY;

DENMARK;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); THIOPLOCA; THIOPLOCA INGRICA;

EID: 77953203254     PISSN: 01686496     EISSN: 15746941     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6941.2010.00878.x     Document Type: Article

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