Non-random assembly of bacterioplankton communities in the subtropical North Pacific Ocean

Frontiers in Microbiology

Volumn 2, Issue JULY, 2011, Pages 1-12

  Eiler, Alexander ^a,b   Hayakawa, Darin H ^a,c   Rappé, Michael S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^b UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

16S rRNA gene; Assembly; Community; Gyre; Oligotrophic; Time series

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); OTUS; PROCHLOROCOCCUS;

EID: 84875524387     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1664302X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2011.00140     Document Type: Article

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