Seasonal change in the abundance of Synechococcus and multiple distinct phylotypes in Monterey Bay determined by rbcL and narB quantitative PCR

Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 580-593

  Paerl, Ryan W ^a   Turk, Kendra A ^a   Beinart, Roxanne A ^a,c   Chavez, Francisco P ^b   Zehr, Jonathan P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b MONTEREY BAY AQUARIUM RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; SEA WATER;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BAY; CLASSIFICATION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEASON; SYNECHOCOCCUS; UNITED STATES;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; BAYS; CALIFORNIA; GENES, BACTERIAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEASONS; SEAWATER; SYNECHOCOCCUS; WATER MICROBIOLOGY;

CYANOBACTERIA; SYNECHOCOCCUS;

EID: 84857866290     PISSN: 14622912     EISSN: 14622920     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1462-2920.2011.02594.x     Document Type: Article

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