Abundance and Novel Lineages of Thraustochytrids in Hawaiian Waters

Microbial Ecology

Volumn 66, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 823-830

  Li, Qian ^a   Wang, Xin ^c   Liu, Xianhua ^b   Jiao, Nianzhi ^a   Wang, Guangyi ^b,c  

^a XIAMEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b TIANJIN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APLANOCHYTRIUM; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); LABYRINTHULIDA; OTUS; THRAUSTOCHYTRIIDAE;

SEA WATER;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM; BIODIVERSITY; CLASSIFICATION; ECOSYSTEM; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; SEASON; UNITED STATES;

BACTERIA; BIODIVERSITY; ECOSYSTEM; HAWAII; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; SEASONS; SEAWATER;

EID: 84885927578     PISSN: 00953628     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00248-013-0275-3     Document Type: Article

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