Metagenomic analyses of the dominant bacterial community in the Fildes Peninsula, King George Island (South Shetland Islands)

Polar Science

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 263-273

  Foong, Choon Pin ^a   Wong Vui Ling, Clemente Michael ^a   González, Marcelo ^b  

^a UNIVERSITI MALAYSIA SABAH   (Malaysia)

^b Depto Cie Inst Antartico Chileno   (Chile)

Author keywords

Antarctica; Bacterial diversity; DGGE fingerprinting; Fildes Peninsula; Sediment; Soil

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM; ELECTROKINESIS; GENETIC ANALYSIS; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SAMPLING; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

ANTARCTICA; FILDES PENINSULA; KING GEORGE ISLAND; SOUTH SHETLAND ISLANDS;

ACIDOBACTERIA; ACTINOBACTERIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BACTEROIDETES; CHLOROFLEXI; CHLOROFLEXI (CLASS); CYANOBACTERIA; DEINOCOCCUS; DEINOCOCCUS-THERMUS; FIRMICUTES; GEMMATIMONADETES; NITROSPIRA; OTUS; PROTEOBACTERIA; SPIROCHAETALES; SPIROCHAETES; THERMUS;

EID: 77956439410     PISSN: 18739652     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.polar.2010.05.010     Document Type: Article

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