Bacterial Community Structure Along Moisture Gradients in the Parafluvial Sediments of Two Ephemeral Desert Streams

Microbial Ecology

Volumn 61, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 543-556

  Zeglin, Lydia H ^a,d   Dahm, Clifford N ^a   Barrett, John E ^b   Gooseff, Michael N ^c   Fitpatrick, Shannon K ^a   Takacs Vesbach, Cristina D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

^b VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c The Pennsylvania State University   (United States)

^d OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; RNA 16S; WATER;

ANTARCTICA; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM; BIODIVERSITY; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; DESERT CLIMATE; DNA SEQUENCE; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MICROBIOLOGY; PHYLOGENY; RIVER; SEDIMENT; UNITED STATES;

ANTARCTIC REGIONS; BACTERIA; BIODIVERSITY; DESERT CLIMATE; DNA, BACTERIAL; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; NEW MEXICO; PHYLOGENY; RIVERS; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; WATER; WATER MICROBIOLOGY;

ACIDOBACTERIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BACTEROIDETES; GAMMAPROTEOBACTERIA; SPHINGOBACTERIALES;

EID: 79953757812     PISSN: 00953628     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00248-010-9782-7     Document Type: Article

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