Meta-analysis of quantification methods shows that archaea and bacteria have similar abundances in the subseafloor

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 79, Issue 24, 2013, Pages 7790-7799

  Lloyd, Karen G ^a   May, Megan K ^a,b,c   Kevorkian, Richard T ^a   Steen, Andrew D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^b DEPAUW UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEST PRACTICES; FLUORESCENT IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MARINE SEDIMENTS; QUANTIFICATION METHODS; QUANTITATIVE PCR; RELATIVE ABUNDANCE; RELATIVE QUANTIFICATION; SUBSURFACE SEDIMENTS;

BACTERIA; CELLS; CYTOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA; SEAWATER; SUBMARINE GEOLOGY;

FISH;

ABUNDANCE; FLUORESCENCE; MARINE SEDIMENT; META-ANALYSIS; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA; SEAFLOOR; WATER DEPTH;

ARCHAEON; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MICROBIOLOGY; SEDIMENT;

ARCHAEA; BACTERIA; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; MICROBIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES;

EID: 84888229728     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.02090-13     Document Type: Article

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