Phylogenetic and Gene Expression Analysis of Cyanobacteria and Diatoms in the Twilight Waters of the Temperate Northeast Pacific Ocean

Microbial Ecology

Volumn 62, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 765-775

  Gao, Weimin ^a   Shi, Xu ^a   Wu, Jieying ^a   Jin, Yuguang ^a   Zhang, Weiwen ^a   Meldrum, Deirdre R ^a  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; RNA 16S; RNA 23S; SEA WATER;

ARTICLE; AUTOTROPHY; CYANOBACTERIUM; DIATOM; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE LIBRARY; GENETICS; MICROBIOLOGY; PACIFIC OCEAN; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHYLOGENY; PLASTID;

AUTOTROPHIC PROCESSES; CYANOBACTERIA; DIATOMS; DNA, BACTERIAL; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE LIBRARY; PACIFIC OCEAN; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHYLOGENY; PLASTIDS; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 23S; SEAWATER; WATER MICROBIOLOGY;

BACILLARIOPHYTA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CHLOROFLEXUS; CYANOBACTERIA; SYNECHOCOCCUS; SYNECHOCOCCUS ELONGATUS PCC 6301; SYNECHOCOCCUS SP.; THALASSIOSIRA;

EID: 80255137390     PISSN: 00953628     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00248-011-9891-y     Document Type: Article

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