Genotypic and Phenotypic Diversity of Cyanobacteria in Biological Soil Crusts of the Succulent Karoo and Nama Karoo of Southern Africa

Microbial Ecology

Volumn 67, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 286-301

  Dojani, Stephanie ^a   Kauff, Frank ^a   Weber, Bettina ^a,b   Büdel, Burkhard ^a  

^a University of Koblenz Landau   (Germany)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR CHEMISTRY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYANOBACTERIA; LEPTOLYNGBYA; MICROCOLEUS; OSCILLATORIA; OTUS; PHORMIDIUM; PSEUDANABAENA; SCHIZOTHRIX; SCYTONEMA; TOLYPOTHRIX;

BACTERIAL DNA; RNA 16S;

AFRICA; ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; CLASSIFICATION; CYANOBACTERIUM; ECOSYSTEM; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR CLONING; PHENOTYPE;

AFRICA, SOUTHERN; BIODIVERSITY; CLONING, MOLECULAR; CYANOBACTERIA; DNA, BACTERIAL; ECOSYSTEM; GENOTYPE; PHENOTYPE; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY;

EID: 84894225731     PISSN: 00953628     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00248-013-0301-5     Document Type: Article

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