Gene flow, recombination, and selection in cyanobacteria: Population structure of geographically related Planktothrix freshwater strains

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 79, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 508-515

  Sogge, Hanne ^a   Rohrlack, Thomas ^b,c   Rounge, Trine B ^a,d   Sønstebø, Jørn Henrik ^e   Tooming Klunderud, Ave ^a   Kristensen, Tom ^a   Jakobsena, Kjetill S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^b NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE FOR WATER RESEARCH   (Norway)

^c NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

^d CANCER REGISTRY OF NORWAY   (Norway)

^e NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE OF BIOECONOMY RESEARCH   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLOOM DYNAMICS; FRESHWATER STRAIN; GENE FLOWS; GENE VARIANTS; GENETIC DIVERSITY; GENETIC VARIANTS; HOMOLOGOUS RECOMBINATION; NONRIBOSOMAL PEPTIDE SYNTHETASES; OLIGOPEPTIDES; PHYLOGENETIC ANALYSIS; POPULATION STRUCTURES; POSITIVE SELECTION; RECOMBINATION EVENTS; SPLIT DECOMPOSITION;

BIODIVERSITY; GENES; PLANTS (BOTANY); TOPOLOGY;

LAKES;

BACTERIAL DNA; FRESH WATER; NONRIBOSOMAL PEPTIDE SYNTHETASE; PEPTIDE SYNTHASE;

COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; CYANOBACTERIUM; DISPERSAL; FRESHWATER ENVIRONMENT; GENE FLOW; GENETIC DIFFERENTIATION; HOMOLOGY; PEPTIDE; PHYLOGENETICS; POPULATION STRUCTURE; RECOMBINATION; SELECTION; SUBPOPULATION; TOPOLOGY;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CYANOBACTERIUM; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE FLOW; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; GENETIC SELECTION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NORWAY; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY;

CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CYANOBACTERIA; DNA, BACTERIAL; FRESH WATER; GENE FLOW; GENETIC VARIATION; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NORWAY; PEPTIDE SYNTHASES; PHYLOGENY; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC; SELECTION, GENETIC; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

BUSKERUD; NORWAY; STEINSFJORDEN;

CYANOBACTERIA; PLANKTOTHRIX;

EID: 84871912445     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.02417-12     Document Type: Article

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