Phylogenetic, chemical and morphological diversity of cyanobacteria from Portuguese temperate estuaries

Marine Environmental Research

Volumn 73, Issue , 2012, Pages 7-16

  Lopes, Viviana R ^a,b   Ramos, Vitor ^a   Martins, António ^a   Sousa, Marcos ^b   Welker, Martin ^c   Antunes, Agostinho ^a   Vasconcelos, Vítor M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

^c TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

16S ribosomal RNA; Anabaenopeptins; Cyanobacteria; Estuaries; MALDI TOF MS; Morphological description; Secondary metabolites

Indexed keywords

16S RIBOSOMAL RNA; ANABAENOPEPTINS; CYANOBACTERIA; MALDI TOF MS; MORPHOLOGICAL DESCRIPTION; SECONDARY METABOLITES;

BIOMOLECULES; CHEMICAL COMPOUNDS; ECOSYSTEMS; GENES; MEDICAL APPLICATIONS; METABOLISM; METABOLITES; RNA;

ESTUARIES;

ANABAENOPEPTIN A; ANABAENOPEPTIN D; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; RNA 16S; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

BIOACTIVITY; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CLADISTICS; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; CYANOBACTERIUM; ESTUARINE ECOSYSTEM; MORPHOLOGY; MORPHOTYPE; PEPTIDE; PHYLOGENETICS; PHYLOGENY; RNA; SECONDARY METABOLITE; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYANOBACTERIUM; CYANOBIUM; ESTUARY; GENE SEQUENCE; GENOMIC FRAGMENT; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; LEPTOLYNGBYA; MCYA GENE; MICROBIAL DIVERSITY; MICROBIAL MORPHOLOGY; MICROCOLEUS; MORPHOTYPE; NODULARIA; NONHUMAN; NOSTOC; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHORMIDIUM; PHYLOGENY; PORTUGAL; ROMERIA; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION; SXTI GENE; SYNECHOCOCCUS; SYNECHOCYSTIS; UNINDEXED SEQUENCE;

BIODIVERSITY; CYANOBACTERIA; ECOSYSTEM; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; PORTUGAL; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SPECTROMETRY, MASS, MATRIX-ASSISTED LASER DESORPTION-IONIZATION; WATER MICROBIOLOGY;

PORTUGAL;

CHROOCOCCALES; CYANOBACTERIA; CYANOBIUM; LEPTOLYNGBYA; MICROCOLEUS; NODULARIA; NOSTOC; NOSTOCALES; OSCILLATORIALES; PHORMIDIUM; ROMERIA; SYNECHOCOCCUS; SYNECHOCYSTIS;

EID: 84655167713     PISSN: 01411136     EISSN: 18790291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marenvres.2011.10.005     Document Type: Article

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