Molecular clock evidence for survival of Antarctic cyanobacteria (Oscillatoriales, Phormidium autumnale) from Paleozoic times

FEMS Microbiology Ecology

Volumn 82, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 482-490

  Strunecký, Otakar ^a   Elster, Josef ^a   Komárek, Jiří ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH BOHEMIA   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Antarctic; Biogeography; Cyanobacteria; Gondwana; Phormidium autumnale; Relaxed and strict molecular clock

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; RNA 16S;

COEVOLUTION; CONTINENTAL BREAKUP; CYANOBACTERIUM; DESICCATION; DIVERGENCE; FILAMENTOUS ALGA; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GLACIATION; GONDWANA; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; MICROBIAL MAT; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; MORPHOTYPE; PALEOECOLOGY; PALEOZOIC; PHYLOGEOGRAPHY; SEEPAGE; SPECIATION (BIOLOGY); SURVIVAL;

ANTARCTICA; ARTICLE; BAYES THEOREM; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CLASSIFICATION; CYANOBACTERIUM; EVOLUTION; GENETICS; PHYLOGENY; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION;

ANTARCTIC REGIONS; BAYES THEOREM; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; CYANOBACTERIA; DNA, BACTERIAL; GENETIC SPECIATION; MODELS, GENETIC; PHYLOGENY; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S;

ANTARCTICA;

CYANOBACTERIA; OSCILLATORIALES; PHORMIDIUM AUTUMNALE;

EID: 84867735582     PISSN: 01686496     EISSN: 15746941     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6941.2012.01426.x     Document Type: Article

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