Evidence for niche partitioning revealed by the distribution of sulfur oxidation genes collected from areas of a terrestrial sulfidic spring with differing geochemical conditions

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 79, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 1171-1182

  Headd, Brendan ^a,b   Engel, Annette Summers ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^b LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

16S RRNA; BACTERIAL GENES; BRADYRHIZOBIUM; COMPOSITIONAL DIFFERENCE; ENZYME FUNCTIONS; GENE SEQUENCES; GEOCHEMICAL CONDITIONS; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; METABOLIC GENES; OUTFLOW CHANNEL; PHYLOGENETIC SIGNIFICANCE; REDUCED SULFUR COMPOUNDS; RHODOVULUM; SULFIDE OXIDATION; SULFUR OXIDATION; THIOBACILLUS;

BACTERIA; ENZYMES; GEOCHEMISTRY; RNA;

GENES;

BACTERIAL DNA; SULFUR; WATER;

BACTERIUM; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GEOCHEMICAL METHOD; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; NICHE PARTITIONING; OUTFLOW; OXIDATION; PHYLOGENETICS; SULFUR; TAXONOMY;

ARTICLE; BIOTA; CHEMISTRY; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DNA SEQUENCE; GENETICS; METABOLISM; METAGENOME; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; PHYLOGENY; THERMAL SPRING;

BIOTA; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DNA, BACTERIAL; HOT SPRINGS; METABOLIC NETWORKS AND PATHWAYS; METAGENOME; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SULFUR; WATER;

EID: 84874735147     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.02812-12     Document Type: Article

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