Seasonal changes in microbial community structure and activity imply winter production is linked to summer hypoxia in a large lake

FEMS Microbiology Ecology

Volumn 87, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 475-485

  Wilhelm, Steven W ^a   Lecleir, Gary R ^a   Bullerjahn, George S ^b   Mckay, Robert M ^b   Saxton, Matthew A ^a   Twiss, Michael R ^c   Bourbonniere, Richard A ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^b BOWLING GREEN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c CLARKSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bacterial production; Microbial diversity; Winter limnology

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; CARBON; OXYGEN; RNA 16S;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL PRODUCTION; BACTERIUM; CLASSIFICATION; GENETICS; LAKE; METABOLISM; MICROBIAL DIVERSITY; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA GENE; SEASON; WINTER LIMNOLOGY;

BACTERIAL PRODUCTION; MICROBIAL DIVERSITY; WINTER LIMNOLOGY;

BACTERIA; BASE SEQUENCE; CARBON; DNA, BACTERIAL; GENES, BACTERIAL; GENES, RRNA; LAKES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OXYGEN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEASONS; WATER MICROBIOLOGY;

EID: 84895074387     PISSN: 01686496     EISSN: 15746941     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1574-6941.12238     Document Type: Article

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