Protist diversity in suboxic and sulfidic waters of the Black Sea

Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 13, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 2939-2956

  Wylezich, Claudia ^a   Jürgens, Klaus ^a  

^a LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE FOR BALTIC SEA RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RNA 18S; SEA WATER;

ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; BLACK SEA; CHRYSOPHYTA; CILIATE; DENATURING GRADIENT GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; DNA FINGERPRINTING; DNA SEQUENCE; ECOSYSTEM; GENE LIBRARY; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY;

BIODIVERSITY; BLACK SEA; CHRYSOPHYTA; CILIOPHORA; DENATURING GRADIENT GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; DNA FINGERPRINTING; ECOSYSTEM; GENE LIBRARY; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 18S; SEAWATER; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; WATER MICROBIOLOGY;

BICOSOECIDA; CHOANOFLAGELLIDA; CHRYSOPHYCEAE; CILIOPHORA; CYCLIDIUM; EUGLENOZOA; EUKARYOTA; JAKOBIDAE; MASTIGOPHORA (FLAGELLATES); PLAGIOPYLIDAE; PLEURONEMA; PROKARYOTA; PROTISTA; STRAMENOPILES; STROMBIDIUM;

EID: 80055091617     PISSN: 14622912     EISSN: 14622920     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1462-2920.2011.02569.x     Document Type: Article

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