Integrated metagenomic and metatranscriptomic analyses of microbial communities in the meso- and bathypelagic realm of north Pacific ocean

Marine Drugs

Volumn 11, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 3777-3801

  Wu, Jieying ^a   Gao, Weimin ^a   Johnson, Roger H ^a   Zhang, Weiwen ^b   Meldrum, Deirdre R ^a  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TIANJIN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Deep sea microbial community; Metagenomics; Metatranscriptomics; Strength of metabolic activity

Indexed keywords

SEA WATER; SURFACE WATER;

ACTINOBACTERIA; ALGA; ALPHAPROTEOBACTERIA; ARCHEAN; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM; BACTEROIDETES; BATHYPELAGIC ZONE; BETAPROTEOBACTERIA; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRENARCHAEOTA; CYANOBACTERIUM; DEEP SEA; DELTAPROTEOBACTERIA; EUKARYOTE; EURYARCHAEOTA; FIRMICUTES; FUNGUS; GAMMAPROTEOBACTERIA; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; MESOPELAGIC ZONE; METAGENOMICS; METATRANSCRIPTOMICS; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; MICROBIAL METABOLISM; MOLECULAR LIBRARY; NONHUMAN; OCEAN ENVIRONMENT; PACIFIC OCEAN; PELAGIC ZONE; POPULATION ABUNDANCE; PROKARYOTE; STANDARD; THAUMARCHAEOTA;

ACTINOBACTERIA; ALGAE; ALPHAPROTEOBACTERIA; ARCHAEA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BACTEROIDETES; BETAPROTEOBACTERIA; CRENARCHAEOTA; CYANOBACTERIA; DELTAPROTEOBACTERIA; EUKARYOTA; EURYARCHAEOTA; FIRMICUTES; FUNGI; GAMMAPROTEOBACTERIA; PROKARYOTA;

ARCHAEA; BACTERIA; EUKARYOTA; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENETIC VARIATION; METAGENOMICS; PACIFIC OCEAN; SEAWATER; TRANSCRIPTOME;

EID: 84887078104     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16603397     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/md11103777     Document Type: Article

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