Exploring the composition and diversity of microbial communities at the Jan Mayen hydrothermal vent field using RNA and DNA

FEMS Microbiology Ecology

Volumn 77, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 577-589

  Lanzén, Anders ^a,b   Jørgensen, Steffen L ^a   Bengtsson, Mia M ^a   Jonassen, Inge ^a,b   Øvreås, Lise ^a   Urich, Tim ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^b Uni Research AS   (Norway)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

Bias; Community composition; Diversity; Metagenomics; Microbial mat; SSU rRNA

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; BACTERIAL RNA; RIBOSOME DNA; SEA WATER;

BACTERIUM; GENOMICS; HYDROTHERMAL VENT; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; MICROBIAL MAT; MIXING; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SULFUR;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BIODIVERSITY; CLASSIFICATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; ECOSYSTEM; EPSILONPROTEOBACTERIA; GENETICS; GREENLAND; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PHYLOGENY; SEDIMENT;

BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; BIODIVERSITY; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; ECOSYSTEM; EPSILONPROTEOBACTERIA; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; GREENLAND; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; RNA, BACTERIAL; SEAWATER; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

ARCTIC OCEAN; GREENLAND SEA; MOHNS RIDGE; NORWEGIAN SEA;

SULFURIMONAS; SULFUROVUM;

EID: 79961166996     PISSN: 01686496     EISSN: 15746941     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6941.2011.01138.x     Document Type: Article

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