Metagenomic analysis of bacterial diversity of Siloam hot water spring, Limpopo, South Africa

African Journal of Biotechnology

Volumn 10, Issue 78, 2011, Pages 18005-18012

  Tekere, Memory ^a   Lötter, Adéle ^b   Olivier, Jana ^a   Jonker, Nelia ^a   Venter, Stephanus ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AFRICA   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

Author keywords

454 sequencing; Biodiversity; Hot springs; South Africa; Thermophilic

Indexed keywords

BROMIDE; FLUORIDE; HOT WATER; RNA 16S;

AQUASPIRILLUM; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BACTEROIDETES; BIODIVERSITY; CHLOROFLEXI; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYANOBACTERIUM; DNA DETERMINATION; FIRMICUTES; GEMMATA; GEOGRAPHICAL VARIATION (SPECIES); HALISCOMENOBACTERIA; METAGENOMICS; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; MOLECULAR PHYLOGENY; NONHUMAN; PH MEASUREMENT; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; POPULATION ABUNDANCE; PYROSEQUENCING; RHEINHEIMERA; SOUTH AFRICA; SPECIES DIVERSITY; STENOTROPHOMONAS; SYNTROPHOBACTER; TEPIDOMONAS; THERMAL SPRING; ZAVARZINELLA;

EID: 83355173191     PISSN: 16845315     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5897/AJB11.89     Document Type: Article

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