A trait based perspective on the biogeography of common and abundant marine bacterioplankton clades

Marine Genomics

Volumn 15, Issue , 2014, Pages 17-28

  Brown, Mark V ^a   Ostrowski, Martin ^b   Grzymski, Joseph J ^c   Lauro, Federico M ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c DESERT RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Bacteria; Biogeography; Geographical distribution; Microbial community

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); PROCHLOROCOCCUS; ROSEOBACTER; SYNECHOCOCCUS;

ADAPTATION; CLASSIFICATION; CYANOBACTERIUM; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; PHYLOGEOGRAPHY; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANKTON; SEA; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; WATER FLOW;

ADAPTATION, BIOLOGICAL; CYANOBACTERIA; GENETIC VARIATION; OCEANS AND SEAS; PHYLOGEOGRAPHY; PLANKTON; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; WATER MOVEMENTS;

EID: 84901937936     PISSN: 18747787     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.margen.2014.03.002     Document Type: Review

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