Persistence of bacterial and archaeal communities in sea ice through an Arctic winter

Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 12, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 1828-1841

  Eric Collins, R ^a   Rocap, Gabrielle ^a   Deming, Jody W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHAPROTEOBACTERIA; ARCHAEA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); COLWELLIA; CRENARCHAEOTA; GAMMAPROTEOBACTERIA; POLARIBACTER; PSYCHROBACTER;

ARCHAEAL DNA; ARCHAEAL RNA; BACTERIAL DNA; BACTERIAL RNA; RIBOSOME DNA; RNA 16S;

ARCHAEBACTERIUM; ARCTIC; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM; BIODIVERSITY; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COLD; DNA SEQUENCE; EUKARYOTE; GENETICS; ICE COVER; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PHYLOGENY; RNA GENE; SEASON; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

ARCHAEA; ARCTIC REGIONS; BACTERIA; BIODIVERSITY; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COLD TEMPERATURE; DNA, ARCHAEAL; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; EUKARYOTA; GENES, RRNA; ICE COVER; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; RNA, ARCHAEAL; RNA, BACTERIAL; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEASONS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, NUCLEIC ACID;

EID: 77954663173     PISSN: 14622912     EISSN: 14622920     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1462-2920.2010.02179.x     Document Type: Article

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