Phylogenetic diversities and community structure of members of the extremely halophilic Archaea (order Halobacteriales) in multiple saline sediment habitats

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 78, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 1332-1344

  Youssef, Noha H ^a   Ashlock Savage, Kristen N ^a,b   Elshahed, Mostafa S ^a  

^a OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

16S RRNA GENE; COMMUNITY STRUCTURES; GEOCHEMICAL CONDITIONS; GREAT SALT LAKE; HALOPHILIC ARCHAEA; HYPERSALINE; MANGROVE TREE; OKLAHOMA; PHYLOGENETIC DIVERSITY; PUERTO RICO; SALINE HABITATS; SALINE SEDIMENT; SALINITY FLUCTUATION; SALINITY LEVELS; SPRING-IN; WATERBODIES;

CHLORIDE MINERALS; ECOSYSTEMS; GENES; MICROORGANISMS; PLANTS (BOTANY); RNA; SALINITY MEASUREMENT; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SOCIAL SCIENCES;

ANOXIC SEDIMENTS;

ARCHAEAL DNA; RIBOSOME DNA; RNA 16S;

COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; HYPERSALINE ENVIRONMENT; MANGROVE; PHYLOGENETICS; PROKARYOTE; SALINE LAKE; SALINITY; SEDIMENT CHEMISTRY;

ARTICLE; BIOTA; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DNA SEQUENCE; ECOSYSTEM; GENETICS; HALOBACTERIALES; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; PHYLOGENY; PUERTO RICO; SEDIMENT; UNITED STATES;

BIOTA; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DNA, ARCHAEAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; ECOSYSTEM; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; HALOBACTERIALES; PHYLOGENY; PUERTO RICO; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; UNITED STATES;

GREAT SALT LAKE; OKLAHOMA [UNITED STATES]; PUERTO RICO; SALT PLAINS NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE; UNITED STATES; UTAH; ZODLETONE SPRING;

HALOBACTERIALES; HALOBACTERIUM; HALOFERAX; HALORUBRUM;

EID: 84857066705     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.07420-11     Document Type: Article

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