Metagenomic insights into the evolution, function, and complexity of the planktonic microbial community of Lake Lanier, a temperate freshwater ecosystem

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 77, Issue 17, 2011, Pages 6000-6011

  Oh, Seungdae ^a   Caro Quintero, Alejandro ^b   Tsementzi, Despina ^a   DeLeon Rodriguez, Natasha ^b   Luo, Chengwei ^b   Poretsky, Rachel ^a   Konstantinidis, Konstantinos T ^a,b  

^a Georgia Institute of Technology   (United States)

^b GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATLANTA; COMMUNITY IS; COMPLEXITY BASED; COMPREHENSIVE ANALYSIS; DATA SETS; FRESH WATER LAKES; FRESHWATER COMMUNITY; FRESHWATER ECOSYSTEM; FRESHWATER ORGANISMS; FUNCTIONAL GENES; GENE CONTENT; GENETIC DIVERSITY; GENOME SIZES; MARINE COMMUNITY; METAGENOMICS; METROPOLITAN AREA; MICROBIAL COMMUNITIES; PHYLOGENETIC DIVERSITY; RECREATIONAL ACTIVITIES; SIMPLE METHOD; SOUTHEAST UNITED STATES; SUMMER STORMS; SURFACE OCEAN; WATER MIXING; WHOLE-GENOME SHOTGUN;

BIOLOGY; ECOSYSTEMS; GENES; MICROORGANISMS; POTABLE WATER; POTASSIUM; SODIUM; WATER CONTENT;

LAKES;

FRESH WATER; RIBOSOME DNA; RNA 16S;

ADAPTATION; COMPLEXITY; DATA SET; DRINKING WATER; GENOMICS; LAKE ECOSYSTEM; METROPOLITAN AREA; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; MIXING; OSMOREGULATION; PHYLOGENETICS; PLANKTON; RECREATIONAL ACTIVITY; SAMPLING; SEA SURFACE; SOIL SURFACE; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES EVENNESS; SPECIES RICHNESS;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM; BIODIVERSITY; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DNA SEQUENCE; ECOSYSTEM; EUKARYOTE; GENETICS; METAGENOME; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PHYLOGENY; PLANKTON; SEASON; UNITED STATES;

BACTERIA; BIODIVERSITY; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; ECOSYSTEM; EUKARYOTA; FRESH WATER; METAGENOME; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; PLANKTON; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEASONS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SOUTHEASTERN UNITED STATES;

ATLANTA; GEORGIA; LANIER LAKE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 80052753042     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.00107-11     Document Type: Article

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