High Bacterial Diversity in Epilithic Biofilms of Oligotrophic Mountain Lakes

Microbial Ecology

Volumn 64, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 860-869

  Bartrons, Mireia ^a,b   Catalan, Jordi ^a   Casamayor, Emilio O ^a  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; RIBOSOME DNA; RNA 16S;

AEROBIC BACTERIUM; ALTITUDE; ANAEROBIC BACTERIUM; ARTICLE; BIOFILM; CLASSIFICATION; DNA SEQUENCE; ECOSYSTEM; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LAKE; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; RNA GENE; SPAIN;

ALTITUDE; BACTERIA, AEROBIC; BACTERIA, ANAEROBIC; BIOFILMS; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; ECOSYSTEM; GENES, RRNA; LAKES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SPAIN;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BACTEROIDETES; CHLOROBI; CYANOBACTERIA; DELTAPROTEOBACTERIA; PLANCTOMYCETES; VERRUCOMICROBIA;

EID: 84867668640     PISSN: 00953628     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00248-012-0072-4     Document Type: Article

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