SSU rDNA sequence diversity and seasonally differentiated distribution of nanoplanktonic ciliates in neritic Bohai and yellow seas as revealed by T-RFLP

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 7, 2014, Pages

  Dong, Jun ^a,b   Shi, Fei ^b   Li, Han ^b   Zhang, Xiaoming ^c   Hu, Xiaozhong ^a   Gong, Jun ^b,c  

^a OCEAN UNIVERSITY OF CHINA   (China)

^b YANTAI INSTITUTE OF COASTAL ZONE RESEARCH   (China)

^c SOUTH CHINA NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISSOLVED OXYGEN; RIBOSOME DNA; SMALL SUBUNIT RIBOSOMAL DNA; SMALL SUBUNIT RIBOSOMAL RNA; SURFACE WATER; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; PROTOZOAL DNA;

ARTICLE; CHINA; CILIATE; COASTAL WATERS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE LIBRARY; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; MOLECULAR CLONING; MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PROTISTAN COMMUNITY; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPECIES RICHNESS; STOICHIOMETRY; SUMMER; TERMINAL RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; WATER SAMPLING; WINTER; GENETICS; PLANKTON; SEA; SMALL RIBOSOMAL SUBUNIT;

CILIOPHORA; DNA, PROTOZOAN; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; OCEANS AND SEAS; PHYLOGENY; PLANKTON; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; RIBOSOME SUBUNITS, SMALL, EUKARYOTIC;

EID: 84904262994     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0102640     Document Type: Article

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