Microbial community composition and function in permanently cold seawater and sediments from an Arctic fjord of Svalbard

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 77, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 2008-2018

  Teske, A ^a   Durbin, A ^a   Ziervogel, K ^a   Cox, C ^a   Arnosti, C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

16S RRNA GENE; ALGAL EXTRACTS; BACTERIAL COMMUNITY; BOTTOM WATER; CARBON CYCLING; CELL NUMBER; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; COMPOSITIONAL DIFFERENCE; DEEPWATER; EXTRACELLULAR; HYDROLYSIS RATE; MICROBIAL COMMUNITIES; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; OPERATIONAL TAXONOMIC UNITS; ORGANIC MATTER; SEAWATER SAMPLES; SEDIMENT SAMPLES; SURFACE SEAWATER; SURFACE SEDIMENTS; SVALBARD; WATER COLUMNS;

ANOXIC SEDIMENTS; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; CLONING; ENZYMATIC HYDROLYSIS; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYMES; GENE EXPRESSION; ORGANIC CARBON; POLYSACCHARIDES; RNA; SEAWATER;

SEDIMENTOLOGY;

RNA 16S; SEA WATER;

ALGA; ANOXIC CONDITIONS; CARBON CYCLE; CELL ORGANELLE; ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HYDROLYSIS; METABOLISM; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; ORGANIC CARBON; POLYSACCHARIDE; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SEAWATER; SEDIMENT ANALYSIS; SURFACE WATER; SURFICIAL SEDIMENT; TAXONOMY;

ARCTIC; ARTICLE; GENETICS; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEDIMENT;

ARCTIC REGIONS; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEAWATER; WATER MICROBIOLOGY;

ARCTIC; SVALBARD; SVALBARD AND JAN MAYEN;

ALGAE; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 79953191493     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.01507-10     Document Type: Article

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