Abundance and genetic diversity of aerobic anoxygenic phototrophic bacteria of coastal regions of the pacific ocean

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 78, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 2858-2866

  Ritchie, Anna E ^a   Johnson, Zackary I ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROBIC ANOXYGENIC PHOTOTROPHIC BACTERIUM; AQUATIC ENVIRONMENTS; BACTERIAL COMMUNITY; BACTERIAL POPULATION; CALIFORNIA; COASTAL REGIONS; CONTRIBUTING FACTOR; ENVIRONMENTAL VARIABLES; GENE LIBRARIES; GENETIC DIVERSITY; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; MICROBIAL ECOLOGY; NEARSHORES; PACIFIC OCEAN; PHOTOHETEROTROPHIC; SYNECHOCOCCUS;

BIODIVERSITY; CHLOROPHYLL; COASTAL ZONES; GENES;

AEROBIC BACTERIA;

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; PUFM PROTEIN, BACTERIA; SEA WATER;

ABUNDANCE; BACTERIUM; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; COASTAL ZONE; GENETIC VARIATION; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; MICROBIAL ECOLOGY; OXIC CONDITIONS; PHOTOAUTOTROPHY;

AEROBIC BACTERIUM; AEROBIC METABOLISM; ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; CLASSIFICATION; DNA SEQUENCE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PACIFIC OCEAN; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHOTOTROPHY; PHYSIOLOGY;

AEROBIOSIS; BACTERIA, AEROBIC; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BIODIVERSITY; GENETIC VARIATION; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PACIFIC OCEAN; PHOTOSYNTHETIC REACTION CENTER COMPLEX PROTEINS; PHOTOTROPHIC PROCESSES; SEAWATER; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

CALIFORNIA; PACIFIC OCEAN; UNITED STATES;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); PHOTOBACTERIA; SYNECHOCOCCUS;

EID: 84861148355     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.06268-11     Document Type: Article

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