Bacterial and archaeal diversity in high altitude wetlands of the Chilean Altiplano

Fundamental and Applied Limnology

Volumn 182, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 135-159

  Dorador, Cristina ^a,c,d   Vila, Irma ^b   Witzel, Karl Paul ^a   Imhof, Johannes F ^c  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHILE   (Chile)

^c GEOMAR HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR OCEAN RESEARCH KIEL   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSIDAD DE ANTOFAGASTA   (Chile)

Author keywords

16 S rDNA; Chungara Lake; Microbial diversity; Parinacota wetland; Piacota Lake; Roseobacter clade; Salar de Ascotan; Salar de Huasco

Indexed keywords

ALTITUDE; BACTERIUM; HABITAT TYPE; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; SPECIES DIVERSITY; WETLAND;

ALTIPLANO; ARICA AND PARINACOTA; CHILE; CHUNGARA LAKE;

EID: 84885047267     PISSN: 18639135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1127/1863-9135/2013/0393     Document Type: Article

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