Molecular fingerprinting of cyanobacteria from river biofilms as a water quality monitoring tool

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 79, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 1459-1472

  Loza, Virginia ^a   Perona, Elvira ^a   Mateo, Pilar ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

16S RRNA GENE; BAND EXTRACTION; CANONICAL CORRESPONDENCE ANALYSIS; DISSOLVED INORGANIC NITROGENS; ECOLOGICAL REQUIREMENTS; ENVIRONMENTAL VARIABLES; GENETIC CHARACTERIZATION; GENETIC FINGERPRINTS; MICROSCOPIC ANALYSIS; MICROSCOPIC OBSERVATIONS; MOLECULAR FINGERPRINTING; MORPHOTYPES; MULTI VARIATE ANALYSIS; NUTRIENT CONCENTRATIONS; PHORMIDIUM; PHYLOGENETIC ANALYSIS; PHYLOTYPES; SAMPLING SITE; SOLUBLE REACTIVE PHOSPHORUS; TEMPERATURE GRADIENT GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; WATER QUALITY MONITORING;

BIOFILMS; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; ELECTROPHORESIS; EUTROPHICATION; PLANTS (BOTANY); RIVERS; RNA; WATER QUALITY;

RIVER POLLUTION;

BACTERIAL DNA; NITROGEN; PHOSPHORUS; RIBOSOME DNA; RNA 16S; WATER;

BENTHOS; BIOFILM; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; CYANOBACTERIUM; EUTROPHICATION; MICROSCOPY; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PHYLOGENETICS; POPULATION STRUCTURE; RNA; SPECIES RICHNESS; WATER QUALITY;

ARTICLE; BIOFILM; CHEMISTRY; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CYANOBACTERIUM; DENATURING GRADIENT GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; DNA SEQUENCE; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PHYSIOLOGY; RIVER; SPAIN; WATER QUALITY;

BIOFILMS; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CYANOBACTERIA; DENATURING GRADIENT GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NITROGEN; PHOSPHORUS; PHYLOGENY; RIVERS; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SPAIN; WATER; WATER QUALITY;

GUADARRAMA RIVER; MADRID [SPAIN]; SPAIN;

EID: 84874714466     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.03351-12     Document Type: Article

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