Linking isoprenoidal GDGT membrane lipid distributions with gene abundances of ammonia-oxidizing Thaumarchaeota and uncultured crenarchaeotal groups in the water column of a tropical lake (Lake Challa, East Africa)

Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 15, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 2445-2462

  Buckles, Laura K ^a   Villanueva, Laura ^b   Weijers, Johan W H ^a   Verschuren, Dirk ^c   Damsté, Jaap S Sinninghe ^a,b  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b ROYAL NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR SEA RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

^c GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRENARCHAEOL; GLYCEROL ETHER; MEMBRANE LIPID; RNA 16S;

AFRICA; ARCHAEON; ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; CRENARCHAEOTA; GENETICS; LAKE; MICROBIOLOGY; PHYLOGENY;

AFRICA, EASTERN; ARCHAEA; BIODIVERSITY; CRENARCHAEOTA; GLYCERYL ETHERS; LAKES; MEMBRANE LIPIDS; PHYLOGENY; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; WATER MICROBIOLOGY;

ARCHAEA; CRENARCHAEOTA; UNCULTURED CRENARCHAEOTE;

EID: 84883550846     PISSN: 14622912     EISSN: 14622920     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1462-2920.12118     Document Type: Article

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