Phylogenetic and gene trees of Synechococcus: Choice of the right marker to evaluate the population diversity in the Tucuru Hydroelectric Power Station Reservoir in Brazilian Amazonia

Journal of Plankton Research

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 245-257

  Dall'Agnol, Leonardo T ^a   Ghilardi Junior, Rubens ^b   McCulloch, John A ^a   Schneider, Horácio ^a   Schneider, Maria P C ^a   Silva, Artur ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PARÁ   (Brazil)

^b Eletronorte SCN Quadra 06 Conj A Blocos B and C Entrada Norte 2   (Brazil)

Author keywords

cpcBA; eastern Amazonia; ITS; RNA secondary structure; rpoC1; Synechococcus

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BACTERIOPLANKTON; CYANOBACTERIUM; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC MARKER; HYDROELECTRIC POWER PLANT; LACUSTRINE ENVIRONMENT; LAKE ECOSYSTEM; MORPHOLOGY; PHYLOGENETICS; PHYLOGENY; RESERVOIR; SPECIES DIVERSITY; TAXONOMY;

AMAZONAS [BRAZIL]; BRAZIL; PARA [BRAZIL]; TUCURUI LAKE;

CYANOBACTERIA; SYNECHOCOCCUS;

EID: 84856916665     PISSN: 01427873     EISSN: 14643774     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/plankt/fbr109     Document Type: Article

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