Biogeography and phylogenetic diversity of a cluster of exclusively marine myxobacteria

ISME Journal

Volumn 6, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1260-1272

  Brinkhoff, Thorsten ^a   Fischer, Doreen ^a   Vollmers, John ^a,b   Voget, Sonja ^b   Beardsley, Christine ^a   Thole, Sebastian ^a   Mussmann, Marc ^c   Kunze, Brigitte ^d   Wagner Döbler, Irene ^d   Daniel, Rolf ^b   Simon, Meinhard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OLDENBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR MARINE MICROBIOLOGY   (Germany)

^d HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR INFECTION RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

16S rRNA genes; fosmids; Myxococcales; North Sea

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL RNA; RNA 16S; SEA WATER;

BACTERIUM; BIOGEOGRAPHY; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; MARINE SEDIMENT; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; PHYLOGENETICS; PHYLOGENY; PHYLOGEOGRAPHY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SECONDARY METABOLITE;

ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; DNA SEQUENCE; ECOSYSTEM; GENE LIBRARY; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MYXOCOCCALES; NORTH SEA; PHYLOGENY; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SALINITY; SEDIMENT;

ECOSYSTEM; GENE LIBRARY; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; MYXOCOCCALES; NORTH SEA; PHYLOGENY; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, BACTERIAL; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SALINITY; SEAWATER; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; WATER MICROBIOLOGY;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; NORTH SEA; PACIFIC OCEAN;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); HALIANGIUM OCHRACEUM; MYXOCOCCALES; POLYANGIUM CELLULOSUM;

EID: 84861348879     PISSN: 17517362     EISSN: 17517370     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ismej.2011.190     Document Type: Article

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