Comparative microbial diversity analyses of modern marine thrombolitic mats by barcoded pyrosequencing

Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 82-100

  Mobberley, Jennifer M ^a   Ortega, Maya C ^a   Foster, Jamie S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEAL DNA; BACTERIAL DNA; RNA 16S;

ARCHAEBACTERIUM; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM; BAHAMAS; BIODIVERSITY; BIOLOGY; CLASSIFICATION; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CYANOBACTERIUM; DNA BARCODING; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE LIBRARY; GENETICS; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIAL CONSORTIUM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PHYLOGENY;

ARCHAEA; BACTERIA; BAHAMAS; BIODIVERSITY; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; CYANOBACTERIA; DNA BARCODING, TAXONOMIC; DNA, ARCHAEAL; DNA, BACTERIAL; GENE LIBRARY; MICROBIAL CONSORTIA; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

ARCHAEA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CYANOBACTERIA; DICHOTHRIX; EURYARCHAEOTA; PROTEOBACTERIA;

EID: 84855271107     PISSN: 14622912     EISSN: 14622920     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1462-2920.2011.02509.x     Document Type: Article

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