Seasonal bloom dynamics and ecophysiology of the freshwater sister clade of SAR11 bacteria that rule the waves (LD12)

ISME Journal

Volumn 5, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 1242-1252

  Salcher, Michaela M ^a   Pernthaler, Jakob ^a   Posch, Thomas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

bacterioplankton; freshwater lakes; LD12 SAR11

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL RNA; FRESH WATER; RNA 16S; SEA WATER;

AMINO ACID; BACTERIOPLANKTON; BACTERIUM; BIOLOGICAL UPTAKE; CARBOHYDRATE; CELL ORGANELLE; CLADISTICS; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); ECOPHYSIOLOGY; FRESHWATER ENVIRONMENT; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HABITAT TYPE; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; METABOLISM; PHENOTYPE; PHOTIC ZONE; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

ALPHAPROTEOBACTERIA; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; ECOSYSTEM; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SEASON; SWITZERLAND;

ALPHAPROTEOBACTERIA; ECOSYSTEM; FRESH WATER; RNA, BACTERIAL; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEASONS; SEAWATER; SWITZERLAND;

ALPHAPROTEOBACTERIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CANDIDATUS PELAGIBACTER; UNCULTURED ALPHA PROTEOBACTERIUM;

EID: 79960564713     PISSN: 17517362     EISSN: 17517370     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ismej.2011.8     Document Type: Article

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