Spatial and seasonal prokaryotic community dynamics in ponds of increasing salinity of Sfax solar saltern in Tunisia

Antonie van Leeuwenhoek, International Journal of General and Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 101, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 845-857

  Boujelben, Ines ^a,b   Gomariz, María ^a,c   Martínez García, Manuel ^a   Santos, Fernando ^a   Peña, Arantxa ^a   López, Cristina ^a   Antón, Josefa ^a   Maalej, Sami ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALICANTE   (Spain)

^b université de Sfax   (Tunisia)

^c MIGUEL HERNÁNDEZ UNIVERSITY   (Spain)

Author keywords

Bacteroidetes; DGGE; Environmental factors; FISH; Haloquadratum; Hypersaline environment; Prokaryotic dynamics; Solar saltern

Indexed keywords

ALKALIMNICOLA; ARCHAEON; ARTICLE; AUTUMN; BACTERIUM; BACTEROIDETES; COMMUNITY DYNAMICS; COMMUNITY SUCCESSION; CORRESPONDENCE ANALYSIS; DENATURING GRADIENT GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; ECOTYPE; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; HALOPHILE; HALOQUADRATUM; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; NATRONOMONAS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POND; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROKARYOTE; SALINITY; SAMPLE; SEASONAL VARIATION; SOLAR SALTERN; SUMMER; TEMPERATURE; TUNISIA;

ARCHAEA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BACTEROIDETES; NATRONOMONAS; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 84862672984     PISSN: 00036072     EISSN: 15729699     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10482-012-9701-7     Document Type: Article

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