Summer community structure of aerobic anoxygenic phototrophic bacteria in the western Arctic Ocean

FEMS Microbiology Ecology

Volumn 85, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 417-432

  Boeuf, Dominique ^a,b   Cottrell, Matthew T ^c   Kirchman, David L ^c   Lebaron, Philippe ^a,d   Jeanthon, Christian ^a,b  

^a SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^b STATION BIOLOGIQUE DE ROSCOFF   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

^d LABORATOIRE ARAGO   (France)

Author keywords

Aerobic anoxygenic phototrophic bacteria; Arctic Ocean; Bacteriochlorophyll; Mackenzie River; Photoheterotroph; pufM gene

Indexed keywords

BACTERIOCHLOROPHYLL; FRESH WATER; SEA WATER;

ABUNDANCE; BACTERIUM; BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLE; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; DATA SET; GENE; NEPHELOID LAYER; PLUME; SALINITY; SUMMER; SURFACE WATER; TAXONOMY;

AEROBIC ANOXYGENIC PHOTOTROPHIC BACTERIA; AEROBIC BACTERIUM; ALPHAPROTEOBACTERIA; ARCTIC OCEAN; ARTICLE; BETAPROTEOBACTERIA; CLASSIFICATION; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MACKENZIE RIVER; MICROBIOLOGY; PHOTOHETEROTROPH; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHYLOGENY; PUFM GENE; SEA; SEASON;

AEROBIC ANOXYGENIC PHOTOTROPHIC BACTERIA; ARCTIC OCEAN; BACTERIOCHLOROPHYLL; MACKENZIE RIVER; PHOTOHETEROTROPH; PUFM GENE;

ALPHAPROTEOBACTERIA; BACTERIA, AEROBIC; BETAPROTEOBACTERIA; FRESH WATER; OCEANS AND SEAS; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHYLOGENY; SEASONS; SEAWATER;

ARCTIC OCEAN; BEAUFORT SEA; BRITISH COLUMBIA; CANADA; MACKENZIE; PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (NORTHEAST);

ALPHAPROTEOBACTERIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BETAPROTEOBACTERIA; PHOTOBACTERIA; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 84881542272     PISSN: 01686496     EISSN: 15746941     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1574-6941.12130     Document Type: Article

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