Phylotype diversity in a benthic cyanobacterial mat community on King George Island, maritime Antarctica

World Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology

Volumn 27, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1507-1512

  Callejas, Cecilia ^a,b   Gill, Paul R ^a,b   Catalán, Ana I ^a   Azziz, Gastón ^a   Castro Sowinski, Susana ^a,b   Batista, Silvia ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIONES BIOLÓGICAS CLEMENTE ESTABLE   (Uruguay)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE LA REPÚBLICA   (Uruguay)

Author keywords

16S rRNA gene; Antarctic environmental gradient; ARDRAs; Fildes Peninsula; Oscillatoriales; Tychonema

Indexed keywords

CLONING; DNA; GENES; LAKES; NUCLEIC ACIDS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA;

16S RRNA GENE; ARDRAS; ENVIRONMENTAL GRADIENT; FILDES PENINSULA; OSCILLATORIALES; TYCHONEMA;

DNA SEQUENCES;

CYANOBACTERIA; OSCILLATORIALES; TYCHONEMA; TYCHONEMA BORNETII; TYCHONEMA BOURRELLYI;

EID: 79955923711     PISSN: 09593993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11274-010-0578-1     Document Type: Article

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