Archaeal diversity along a subterranean salt core from the Salar Grande (Chile)

Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 13, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 2105-2121

  Gramain, Audrey ^a,d   Díaz, Guillermo Chong ^b   Demergasso, Cecilia ^b   Lowenstein, Tim K ^c   Mcgenity, Terry J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ESSEX   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DEL NORTE   (Chile)

^c BINGHAMTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d INSTITUT UNIVERSITAIRE EUROPÉEN DE LA MER   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INORGANIC SALT; RNA 16S;

ARCHAEON; ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; CHILE; CLASSIFICATION; GENETICS; HALOBACTERIUM; HALOCOCCUS; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PHYSIOLOGY;

ARCHAEA; BACTERIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; BIODIVERSITY; CHILE; ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY; HALOBACTERIUM; HALOCOCCUS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SALTS;

ARCHAEA; HALOBACTERIA; HALOBACTERIALES; HALOBACTERIUM; HALOBACTERIUM SALINARUM; HALOPHILIC ARCHAEON;

EID: 80051946746     PISSN: 14622912     EISSN: 14622920     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1462-2920.2011.02435.x     Document Type: Article

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