Metagenomic analysis of size-fractionated picoplankton in a marine oxygen minimum zone

ISME Journal

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 187-211

  Ganesh, Sangita ^a   Parris, Darren J ^a   Delong, Edward F ^b,c   Stewart, Frank J ^a  

^a GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge   (United States)

^c Center for Microbial Oceanography: Research and Education   (United States)

Author keywords

Archaea; bacteria; microbial diversity; OMZ; oxycline; particle

Indexed keywords

OXYGEN; RNA 16S; SEA WATER;

ABUNDANCE; ANOXIC CONDITIONS; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; CELL ORGANELLE; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; FRACTIONATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENOME; GENOMICS; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; METABOLISM; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; NITROUS OXIDE; OXYGEN MINIMUM LAYER; PHYLOGENETICS; PICOPLANKTON; PROKARYOTE; TAXONOMY;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM; BIODIVERSITY; CHEMISTRY; CHILE; CLASSIFICATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; METAGENOME; METAGENOMICS; MICROBIOLOGY; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; PHYLOGENY;

BACTERIA; BIODIVERSITY; CHILE; METAGENOME; METAGENOMICS; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; OXYGEN; PHYLOGENY; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEAWATER;

CHILE;

ARCHAEA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); PLANCTOMYCETES; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 84891160721     PISSN: 17517362     EISSN: 17517370     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ismej.2013.144     Document Type: Article

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