Comparative metagenomics of two microbial mats at Cuatro Ciénegas Basin II: Community structure and composition in oligotrophic environments

Astrobiology

Volumn 12, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 659-673

  Bonilla Rosso, Germán ^a   Peimbert, Mariana ^b   Alcaraz, Luis David ^c   Hernández, Ismael ^d   Eguiarte, Luis E ^a   Olmedo Alvarez, Gabriela ^d   Souza, Valeria ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE ECOLOGÍA   (Mexico)

^b DEPARTAMENTO DE PROCESOS Y TECNOLOGÍA   (Mexico)

^c Centro Superior de Investigacion en Salud Publica   (Spain)

^d Km 9 6 Libramiento Norte Carretera Irapuato León   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Cuatro Ci negas; Metagenomics; Microbial mats; Oligotrophic; Phosphorus limitation; Stromatolites

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; RNA 16S;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ENVIRONMENT; GENE LIBRARY; GENETIC MARKER; GENETICS; GEOGRAPHY; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; METAGENOME; METAGENOMICS; METHODOLOGY; MEXICO; MICROBIAL CONSORTIUM; MICROBIOLOGY; PHYLOGENY; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; PSEUDOMONAS; STATISTICAL MODEL;

BACTERIA; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; ENVIRONMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY; GENE LIBRARY; GENES, BACTERIAL; GENETIC MARKERS; GEOGRAPHY; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; METAGENOME; METAGENOMICS; MEXICO; MICROBIAL CONSORTIA; PHYLOGENY; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; PSEUDOMONAS; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S;

PSEUDOMONAS;

EID: 84865482938     PISSN: 15311074     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/ast.2011.0724     Document Type: Article

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