Culture-dependent characterization of cyanobacterial diversity in the intertidal zones of the Portuguese coast: A polyphasic study

Systematic and Applied Microbiology

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 110-119

  Brito, Ângela ^a,b   Ramos, Vitor ^a,b,c   Seabra, Rui ^b,c   Santos, Arlete ^a,b   Santos, Catarina L ^a   Lopo, Miguel ^a   Ferreira, Sérgio ^a   Martins, António ^c   Mota, Rita ^a,b   Frazão, Bárbara ^b,c   Martins, Rosário ^c,d   Vasconcelos, Vitor ^b,c   Tamagnini, Paula ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

^d POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE OF PORTO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

16S rRNA gene; Cyanobacteria; Marine; Nitrogen fixation; Phylogeny; Toxins

Indexed keywords

RNA 16S; SEA WATER;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CYANOBACTERIUM; GENE SEQUENCE; INTERTIDAL ZONE; MICROBIAL DIVERSITY; MICROBIAL MORPHOLOGY; NITROGEN FIXATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEASHORE; SPECIES HABITAT; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

AQUATIC ORGANISMS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; CYANOBACTERIA; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; GENETIC VARIATION; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NITROGEN FIXATION; OXIDOREDUCTASES; PHYLOGENY; PORTUGAL; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEAWATER; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

CYANOBACTERIA; OSCILLATORIALES;

EID: 84856684996     PISSN: 07232020     EISSN: 16180984     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.syapm.2011.07.003     Document Type: Article

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