Community analysis of high- and low-nucleic acid-containing bacteria in NW Mediterranean coastal waters using 16S rDNA pyrosequencing

Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1390-1402

  Vila Costa, Maria ^a,b   Gasol, Josep M ^c   Sharma, Shalabh ^b   Moran, Mary Ann ^b  

^a CENTRE D ESTUDIS AVANÇATS DE BLANES CEAB CSIC   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^c INSTITUT DE CIÈNCIES DEL MAR   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NUCLEIC ACID; RIBOSOME DNA; SEA WATER;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BIODIVERSITY; CLASSIFICATION; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GENETICS; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; METABOLISM; MICROBIAL CONSORTIUM; MICROBIOLOGY; PHYLOGENY; SEASON;

BACTERIA; BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; BIODIVERSITY; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; FLOW CYTOMETRY; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; MICROBIAL CONSORTIA; NUCLEIC ACIDS; PHYLOGENY; SEASONS; SEAWATER; WATER MICROBIOLOGY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BACTEROIDETES; GAMMAPROTEOBACTERIA; OTUS; RHODOBACTERALES;

EID: 84863403687     PISSN: 14622912     EISSN: 14622920     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1462-2920.2012.02720.x     Document Type: Article

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