Priest Pot in the English Lake District: A showcase of microbial diversity

Freshwater Biology

Volumn 57, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 321-330

  Esteban, Genoveva F ^a,c   Finlay, Bland J ^a   Clarke, Ken J ^b  

^a QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b FRESHWATER BIOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION   (United Kingdom)

^c BOURNEMOUTH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Lepidotrachelophyllum; Mallomonas; Microbial diversity; Paraphysomonas; Scale bearing protists

Indexed keywords

ACANTHOCYSTIS; CHRYSOCHROMULINA; CHRYSOLEPIDOMONAS; CHRYSOSPHAERELLA; CILIOPHORA; COCHLIOPODIUM; CYATHOBODO; EUKARYOTA; KOROTNEVELLA; LUFFISPHAERA; MALLOMONAS; MASTIGOPHORA (FLAGELLATES); PARAPHYSOMONAS; PROTISTA; PROTOZOA; PSEUDODENDROMONAS; RAPHIDIOPHRYS; SPINIFEROMONAS; SYNURA;

EID: 84855342244     PISSN: 00465070     EISSN: 13652427     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2427.2011.02641.x     Document Type: Article

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