Genomic differentiation among two strains of the PS1 clade isolated from geographically separated marine habitats

FEMS Microbiology Ecology

Volumn 89, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 181-197

  Jimenez Infante, Francy ^a   Ngugi, David K ^a   Alam, Intikhab ^a   Rashid, Mamoon ^a   Baalawi, Wail ^a   Kamau, Allan A ^a   Bajic, Vladimir B ^a   Stingl, Ulrich ^a  

^a KING ABDULLAH UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Alphaproteobacteria; Dilution to extinction; OCS116 clade; Proteorhodopsin; PS1 clade; Red Sea

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM; CLADISTICS; FUNCTIONAL ROLE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC VARIATION; GENOMICS; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; MICROBIAL ECOLOGY; POPULATION GENETICS; PROTEIN; RELATEDNESS;

INDIAN OCEAN; RED SEA [INDIAN OCEAN];

SEA WATER;

ALPHAPROTEOBACTERIA; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENOME; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DILUTION-TO-EXTINCTION; DNA SEQUENCE; ECOSYSTEM; GENETICS; INDIAN OCEAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; OCS116 CLADE; PHYLOGENY; PROTEORHODOPSIN; PS1 CLADE; RED SEA;

ALPHAPROTEOBACTERIA; DILUTION-TO-EXTINCTION; OCS116 CLADE; PROTEORHODOPSIN; PS1 CLADE; RED SEA;

ALPHAPROTEOBACTERIA; ECOSYSTEM; GENOME, BACTERIAL; INDIAN OCEAN; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE ANNOTATION; PHYLOGENY; SEAWATER; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; WATER MICROBIOLOGY;

EID: 84903751022     PISSN: 01686496     EISSN: 15746941     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1574-6941.12348     Document Type: Article

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