Diversity of cyanobacterial biomarker genes from the stromatolites of Shark Bay, Western Australia

Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 1464-1475

  Garby, Tamsyn J ^a   Walter, Malcolm R ^a   Larkum, Anthony W D ^b   Neilan, Brett A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; PRIMER DNA; PROTEIN METHYLTRANSFERASE; RNA 16S;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BAY; CLASSIFICATION; CYANOBACTERIUM; GENE LIBRARY; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BAYS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CYANOBACTERIA; DNA PRIMERS; GENE LIBRARY; GENETIC VARIATION; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; PROTEIN METHYLTRANSFERASES; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CHONDRICHTHYES; CYANOBACTERIA; OTUS;

EID: 84876461427     PISSN: 14622912     EISSN: 14622920     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1462-2920.2012.02809.x     Document Type: Article

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