Ciliate diversity and distribution across an environmental and depth gradient in Long Island Sound, USA

Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 886-898

  Doherty, Mary ^a   Tamura, Maiko ^b   Costas, Barbara A ^c   Ritchie, Mark E ^d   McManus, George B ^c   Katz, Laura A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^b SMITH COLLEGE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

^d SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHOREOTRICHIA; CILIOPHORA; OLIGOTRICHIA; PROTISTA; SPIROTRICHEA; STROMBIDIUM BIARMATUM;

PROTOZOAL DNA; RIBOSOME DNA;

ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; CILIATE; CLASSIFICATION; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DNA SEQUENCE; ENVIRONMENT; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HAPLOTYPE; MICROBIOLOGY; RIVER; UNITED STATES;

BIODIVERSITY; CILIOPHORA; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CONNECTICUT; DNA, PROTOZOAN; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; ENVIRONMENT; HAPLOTYPES; RIVERS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

EID: 77954606067     PISSN: 14622912     EISSN: 14622920     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1462-2920.2009.02133.x     Document Type: Article

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