New insights into the archaeal diversity of a hypersaline microbial mat obtained by a metagenomic approach

Systematic and Applied Microbiology

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 205-214

  Lopez Lopez A ^a   Richter, M ^b   Pena A ^c   Tamames, J ^d   Rossello Mora R ^a  

^a INSTITUTO MEDITERRÁNEO DE ESTUDIOS AVANZADOS   (Spain)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR MARINE MICROBIOLOGY   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITAT DE LES ILLES BALEARS   (Spain)

^d CENTRO NACIONAL DE BIOTECNOLOGÍA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Archaea; End sequencing analyses; Hypersaline habitats; Metagenomic approach; Methanogens; Microbial mats

Indexed keywords

RNA 16S;

ARTICLE; CARBON CYCLING; DESICCATION; GENOME; METAGENOMICS; METHANOGENESIS; MICROBIAL MAT; MINERALIZATION; OPEN READING FRAME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SALINITY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SYNTENY;

ARCHAEA; BACTERIA; BIODIVERSITY; BIOMASS; CHROMOSOMES, ARCHAEAL; DNA, ARCHAEAL; DNA, BACTERIAL; GENE ORDER; GENOME, ARCHAEAL; METAGENOMICS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S;

ARCHAEA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); PROKARYOTA;

EID: 84876310066     PISSN: 07232020     EISSN: 16180984     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.syapm.2012.11.008     Document Type: Article

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