Protistan microbial observatory in the Cariaco Basin, Caribbean. I. Pyrosequencing vs Sanger insights into species richness

ISME Journal

Volumn 5, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 1344-1356

  Edgcomb, Virginia ^a   Orsi, William ^b   Bunge, John ^c   Jeon, Sunok ^d   Christen, Richard ^e   Leslin, Chesley ^b   Holder, Mark ^f   Taylor, Gordon T ^g   Suarez, Paula ^h   Varela, Ramon ⁱ   Epstein, Slava ^b  

^a WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

^b NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Cornell University ^*  (United States)

^d Kangwon National University   (South Korea)

^e CENTRE DE BIOCHIMIE   (France)

^f UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

^g STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^h Universidad Simón Bolý var   (Venezuela)

ⁱ FUNDACIÓN LA SALLE DE CIENCIAS NATURALES   (Venezuela)

Author keywords

18S rRNA approach; anoxic; diversity; protists; pyrosequencing; species richness

Indexed keywords

PROTOZOAL DNA; RNA 18S; SEA WATER;

ANOXIC CONDITIONS; DATA SET; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HOMOLOGY; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; OCEANOGRAPHY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; PROTIST; RESEARCH WORK; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS; SURVEY; TAXONOMY;

ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; CENTRAL AMERICA; CLASSIFICATION; EUKARYOTE; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; PARASITOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA GENE; VENEZUELA;

BIODIVERSITY; CARIBBEAN REGION; DNA, PROTOZOAN; EUKARYOTA; GENES, RRNA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 18S; SEAWATER; VENEZUELA;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; CARIACO BASIN; CARIBBEAN SEA;

PROTISTA;

EID: 79960560895     PISSN: 17517362     EISSN: 17517370     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ismej.2011.6     Document Type: Article

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