The human gut and groundwater harbor non-photosynthetic bacteria belonging to a new candidate phylum sibling to Cyanobacteria

eLife

Volumn 2013, Issue 2, 2013, Pages

  Di Rienzi, Sara C ^a   Sharon, Itai ^b   Wrighton, Kelly C ^b   Koren, Omry ^a   Hug, Laura A ^b   Thomas, Brian C ^b   Goodrich, Julia K ^a   Bell, Jordana T ^c   Spector, Timothy D ^c   Banfield, Jillian F ^b   Ley, Ruth E ^a  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GROUND WATER; RNA 16S;

ANAEROBIC GROWTH; BACTERIAL GENE; CLASSIFICATION; CYANOBACTERIUM; FERMENTATION; GENETICS; HUMAN; INTESTINE; LIGHT; MICROBIOLOGY; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHYLOGENY;

ANAEROBIOSIS; CLASSIFICATION; CYANOBACTERIA; FERMENTATION; GENES, BACTERIAL; GENETICS; GROUNDWATER; HUMANS; INTESTINES; LIGHT; MICROBIOLOGY; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHYLOGENY; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S;

CYANOBACTERIA; MAMMALIA; PHOTOBACTERIA;

EID: 84885143535     PISSN: None     EISSN: 2050084X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7554/eLife.01102.001     Document Type: Article

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