High-throughput single-cell sequencing identifies photoheterotrophs and chemoautotrophs in freshwater bacterioplankton

ISME Journal

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 113-123

  Martinez Garcia, Manuel ^a   Swan, Brandon K ^a   Poulton, Nicole J ^a   Gomez, Monica Lluesma ^a   Masland, Dashiell ^a   Sieracki, Michael E ^a   Stepanauskas, Ramunas ^a  

^a BIGELOW LABORATORY FOR OCEAN SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

bacterioplankton; photoheterotrophs; pufM; rhodopsin; RuBisCO; single cell

Indexed keywords

FRESH WATER; RNA 16S;

ABUNDANCE; BACTERIOPLANKTON; CELL ORGANELLE; CHEMICAL ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; CHEMOAUTOTROPHY; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DATA SET; DOMINANCE; EUPHOTIC ZONE; FLUORESCENCE; FRESHWATER ECOSYSTEM; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENOME; GENOMICS; IDENTIFICATION METHOD; LAKE; METABOLISM; MICROORGANISM; PHOTOAUTOTROPHY; RECOMBINATION; TAXONOMY; TEMPERATE ENVIRONMENT;

ACTINOBACTERIA; ARTICLE; BACTEROIDETES; CHEMOAUTOTROPHY; DNA SEQUENCE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METAGENOMICS; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PHOTOTROPHY; PHYLOGENY; PHYSIOLOGY; PROTEOBACTERIA; SINGLE CELL ANALYSIS; VERRUCOMICROBIA;

ACTINOBACTERIA; BACTEROIDETES; CHEMOAUTOTROPHIC GROWTH; FLOW CYTOMETRY; FRESH WATER; METAGENOMICS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHOTOTROPHIC PROCESSES; PHYLOGENY; PROTEOBACTERIA; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SINGLE-CELL ANALYSIS; VERRUCOMICROBIA;

ACTINOBACTERIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BACTEROIDETES; BETAPROTEOBACTERIA; DELTAPROTEOBACTERIA; GAMMAPROTEOBACTERIA; POLYNUCLEOBACTER; SPHINGOBACTERIA; VERRUCOMICROBIA;

EID: 84355163060     PISSN: 17517362     EISSN: 17517370     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ismej.2011.84     Document Type: Article

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