Advancing the understanding of biogeography-diversity relationships of benthic microorganisms in the North Sea

FEMS Microbiology Ecology

Volumn 74, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 410-429

  Sapp, Melanie ^a   Parker, Eleanor Ruth ^a   Teal, Lorna Rachel ^b   Schratzberger, Michaela ^a  

^a CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENT   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Archaea; Bacteria; DGGE; Microbial community; Sediment

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEAL DNA; BACTERIAL DNA; RNA 16S; SEA WATER;

BENTHOS; BIODEGRADATION; BIOTYPE; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; DISTURBANCE; ENVIRONMENTAL GRADIENT; FOOD AVAILABILITY; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; MARINE SEDIMENT; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; MICROBIAL ECOLOGY; PHYLOGENETICS; PROKARYOTE; TAXONOMY; ZOOGEOGRAPHY;

ARTICLE; ATLANTIC OCEAN; BIODIVERSITY; CLASSIFICATION; CRENARCHAEOTA; DELTAPROTEOBACTERIA; EURYARCHAEOTA; GAMMAPROTEOBACTERIA; GENETICS; MICROBIOLOGY; PHYLOGENY; SEDIMENT;

BIODIVERSITY; CRENARCHAEOTA; DELTAPROTEOBACTERIA; DNA, ARCHAEAL; DNA, BACTERIAL; EURYARCHAEOTA; GAMMAPROTEOBACTERIA; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; NORTH SEA; PHYLOGENY; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEAWATER; WATER MICROBIOLOGY;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; NORTH SEA; OYSTER GROUND;

ACTINOBACTERIA; ARCHAEA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BACTEROIDETES; CRENARCHAEOTA; DELTAPROTEOBACTERIA; EURYARCHAEOTA; FIBROBACTERES/ACIDOBACTERIA GROUP; GAMMAPROTEOBACTERIA; OSTREIDAE; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 78649389587     PISSN: 01686496     EISSN: 15746941     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6941.2010.00957.x     Document Type: Article

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