Bacterial community in the East Rongbuk Glacier, Mt. Qomolangma (Everest) by culture and culture-independent methods

Microbiological Research

Volumn 165, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 336-345

  Zhang, Shu hong ^a,b   Hou, Shu gui ^b,c   Yang, Guang li ^a   Wang, Jian hui ^b  

^a SHANGQIU NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b NANJING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c Chinese Academy of Sciences   (China)

Author keywords

Abundance; Bacteria; Community structure; East Rongbuk Glacier; Mt. Everest

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; ACTINOBACTERIA; BACTERIA COMMUNITY; BACTERIAL COMMUNITY; CULTURABLE BACTERIA; DNA STRUCTURE; ECOLOGICAL ENVIRONMENTS; FIRMICUTES; ICE CORE; LAYER DISTRIBUTIONS; PHYLOGENETIC TREES; PIGMENTED CELLS; PROTEOBACTERIA; THERMUS; TOTAL COUNTS;

CELL CULTURE; ECOSYSTEMS; GLACIERS; ICE; SOCIAL SCIENCES;

BACTERIOLOGY;

ABUNDANCE; BACTERIUM; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; DIVERSITY INDEX; ICE CORE; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; PHYLOGENETICS;

CHINA; HIMALAYAS; KHUMBU HIMAL; MOUNT EVEREST; RONGBUK GLACIER; XIZANG;

ACTINOBACTERIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); DEINOCOCCUS; DEINOCOCCUS-THERMUS; FIRMICUTES; PROTEOBACTERIA; THERMUS;

ACTINOBACTERIA; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM; BIODIVERSITY; CLASSIFICATION; CULTURE TECHNIQUE; DEINOCOCCUS; GENETICS; ICE COVER; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PROTEOBACTERIA;

ACTINOBACTERIA; BACTERIA; BASE SEQUENCE; BIODIVERSITY; CELL CULTURE TECHNIQUES; DEINOCOCCUS; ICE COVER; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; PROTEOBACTERIA;

EID: 77954501025     PISSN: 09445013     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.micres.2009.08.002     Document Type: Article

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