Picoeukaryotic diversity in an oligotrophic coastal site studied by molecular and culturing approaches

FEMS Microbiology Ecology

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 231-243

  Massana, Ramon ^a   Balagué, Vanessa ^a   Guillou, Laure ^a   Pedrós Alió, Carlos ^a  

^a INSTITUT DE CIÈNCIES DEL MAR   (Spain)

Author keywords

18S rDNA genetic libraries; Coastal plankton; Marine picoeukaryotes; Picoeukaryotic cultures

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; OLIGOTROPHIC ENVIRONMENT; PICOPLANKTON; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DINOFLAGELLATE; DNA DETERMINATION; DNA SEQUENCE; EUKARYOTE; FOOD CHAIN; GENE LIBRARY; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; MICROBIAL DIVERSITY; MICROFLORA; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PLANKTON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEASHORE; SEASONAL VARIATION;

ALGAE; ANIMALS; BIODIVERSITY; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DNA, ALGAL; DNA, PROTOZOAN; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; GENES, RRNA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; PROTOZOA; RNA, ALGAL; RNA, PROTOZOAN; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 18S; SEAWATER; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY;

BLANES BAY; CATALONIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; GERONA [CATALONIA]; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN; WORLD;

ALVEOLATA; BICOSOECIDA; CRYPTOPHYTA; DINOPHYCEAE; PRASINOPHYCEAE; STRAMENOPILES;

EID: 8144221197     PISSN: 01686496     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.femsec.2004.07.001     Document Type: Article

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