Sequence diversity and novelty of natural assemblages of picoeukaryotes from the Indian Ocean

ISME Journal

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 184-195

  Massana, Ramon ^a   Pernice, Massimo ^a   Bunge, John A ^b   Campo, Javier Del ^a  

^a INSTITUT DE CIÈNCIES DEL MAR   (Spain)

^b Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics   (United States)

Author keywords

Diversity; genetic distances; microdiversity; novelty; OTUs; picoeukaryotes

Indexed keywords

RNA 18S;

EUKARYOTE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; PHYLOGENETICS; SPECIES DIVERSITY; TAXONOMY;

ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; CLASSIFICATION; EUKARYOTE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; INDIAN OCEAN; PHYLOGENY;

BIODIVERSITY; EUKARYOTA; GENETIC VARIATION; INDIAN OCEAN; PHYLOGENY; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 18S;

EUKARYOTA; OTUS; PROTISTA;

EID: 78751585012     PISSN: 17517362     EISSN: 17517370     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ismej.2010.104     Document Type: Article

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