An integrated study reveals diverse methanogens, Thaumarchaeota, and yet-uncultivated archaeal lineages in Armenian hot springs

Antonie van Leeuwenhoek, International Journal of General and Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 104, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 71-82

  Hedlund, Brian P ^a   Dodsworth, Jeremy A ^a   Cole, Jessica K ^a,c   Panosyan, Hovik H ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

^b YEREVAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (Armenia)

^c PACIFIC NORTHWEST NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Ammonia oxidizing archaea; Armenia; Methanogens; Miscellaneous Crenarchaeotal Group; Thermophiles

Indexed keywords

HYDROGEN; IRON; SULFUR;

AMMONIA OXIDIZING ARCHAEON; ARMENIA; ARTICLE; BACTEROIDETES; BETAPROTEOBACTERIA; CHEMOLITHOTROPH; CHLOROFLEXI; CYANOBACTERIUM; ENRICHMENT CULTURE; EPSILONPROTEOBACTERIA; GENE AMPLIFICATION; METHANOGEN; METHANOGENESIS; METHANOMASSILIICOCCUS LUMINYENSIS; METHANOMICROBIALES; METHANOSARCINALES; MICROBIAL COLONIZATION; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; MICROBIAL DIVERSITY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEOBACTERIA; PYROSEQUENCING; SPIROCHAETA; TEMPERATURE; THAUMARCHAEOTA; THERMAL SPRING;

AMMONIA; ARCHAEA; ARMENIA; BACTERIA; BASE SEQUENCE; BIODIVERSITY; DNA, BACTERIAL; HOT SPRINGS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; METHANE; MICROBIAL CONSORTIA; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; PHENOTYPE; PHYLOGENY; RNA, BACTERIAL; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, NUCLEIC ACID; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TEMPERATURE; WATER MICROBIOLOGY;

ARCHAEA; BACTEROIDETES; BETAPROTEOBACTERIA; CHLOROFLEXI; CHLOROFLEXI (CLASS); CRENARCHAEOTA; CYANOBACTERIA; EPSILONPROTEOBACTERIA; METHANOMICROBIALES; METHANOSARCINALES; PROTEOBACTERIA; SPIROCHAETA;

EID: 84878867929     PISSN: 00036072     EISSN: 15729699     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10482-013-9927-z     Document Type: Article

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