Archaeal diversity revealed in Antarctic sea ice

Antarctic Science

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 531-536

  Cowie, Rebecca O M ^a,b   Maas, Elizabeth W ^b   Ryan, Ken G ^a  

^a VICTORIA UNIVERSITY OF WELLINGTON   (New Zealand)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF WATER AND ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

16S rRNA; microbial communities; prokaryotes; SIMCO

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLE; EXTREMOPHILE; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROKARYOTE; SEA ICE; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

SOUTHERN OCEAN;

ARCHAEA; CANDIDATUS NITROSOPUMILUS MARITIMUS; EURYARCHAEOTA; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 82155192326     PISSN: 09541020     EISSN: 13652079     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0954102011000368     Document Type: Article

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