Metagenomics of the water column in the pristine upper course of the Amazon river

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 8, 2011, Pages

  Ghai, Rohit ^a   Rodŕíguez Valera, Francisco ^a   McMahon, Katherine D ^a   Toyama, Danyelle ^b   Rinke, Raquel ^b   de Oliveira, Tereza Cristina Souza ^c   Garcia, José Wagner ^d   de Miranda, Fernando Pellon ^e   Henrique Silva, Flavio ^b  

^a MIGUEL HERNÁNDEZ UNIVERSITY   (Spain)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO CARLOS   (Brazil)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF AMAZONAS   (Brazil)

^d Noosfera Projetos Especiais Ltda   (Brazil)

^e PETROBRAS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RIVER WATER; FRESH WATER;

ACIDOBACTERIA; ACTINOBACTERIA; ALPHAPROTEOBACTERIA; ARTICLE; BACTERIODETES; BACTERIUM; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BETAPROTEOBACTERIA; CARBON PARTITIONING; CHLOROFLEXI; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRENARCHAEOTA; CYANOBACTERIUM; DELTAPROTEOBACTERIA; EUYARCHAEOTA; FIRMICUTES; GAMMAPROTEOBACTERIA; GEMMATIMONADETES; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; METAGENOMICS; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MICROBIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA AND FUNCTIONS; MICROFLORA; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PLANCTOMYCETES; RIVER ECOSYSTEM; SOUTH AMERICA; TAXONOMIC IDENTIFICATION; UNINDEXED SEQUENCE; WATER ANALYSIS; CLASSIFICATION; GENETICS; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; PANAMA; RIVER;

ACTINOBACTERIA; CRENARCHAEOTA; POLYNUCLEOBACTER;

ACTINOBACTERIA; FRESH WATER; METAGENOMICS; PANAMA; RIVERS;

EID: 80051840169     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0023785     Document Type: Article

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