Composition and genetic diversity of picoeukaryotes in subtropical coastal waters as revealed by 454 pyrosequencing

ISME Journal

Volumn 4, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 1053-1059

  Cheung, Man Kit ^a   Au, Chun Hang ^a   Chu, Ka Hou ^a   Kwan, Hoi Shan ^a   Wong, Chong Kim ^a  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

18S; microbial diversity; Pacific Ocean; picophytoplankton; picoplankton; pyrosequencing

Indexed keywords

RNA 18S; SEA WATER;

COASTAL WATER; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; DOMINANCE; EUKARYOTE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC DIFFERENTIATION; HYDROGRAPHY; PLANKTON; SUBTROPICAL REGION; TAXONOMY; TROPHIC ENVIRONMENT;

ARTICLE; BIOLOGY; CLASSIFICATION; DNA SEQUENCE; EUKARYOTE; EVALUATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METHODOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PHYLOGENY; EVALUATION STUDY; GENETIC VARIATION; MARINE BIOLOGY; PROCEDURES;

EUKARYOTA; GENETIC VARIATION; MARINE BIOLOGY; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 18S; SEAWATER; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (WEST);

CILIOPHORA; DINOPHYCEAE; PRASINOPHYCEAE; STRAMENOPILES;

EID: 77954834182     PISSN: 17517362     EISSN: 17517370     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ismej.2010.26     Document Type: Article

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