Comparison of prokaryotic community structure from Mediterranean and Atlantic saltern concentrator ponds by a metagenomic approach

Frontiers in Microbiology

Volumn 5, Issue MAY, 2014, Pages

  Fernández, Ana B ^a   Vera Gargallo, Blanca ^a   Sánchez Porro, Cristina ^a   Ghai, Rohit ^b   Papke, R Thane ^c   Rodriguez Valera, Francisco ^b   Ventosa, Antonio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SEVILLE   (Spain)

^b MIGUEL HERNÁNDEZ UNIVERSITY   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

Author keywords

Haloarchaea; Halophilic bacteria; Metagenomics; Prokaryotic diversity; Saltern

Indexed keywords

CONTIG; RNA 16S;

ARTICLE; ATLANTIC OCEAN; BACTEROIDETES; BIODIVERSITY; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DNA EXTRACTION; DNA SEQUENCE; GAMMAPROTEOBACTERIA; HALOQUADRATUM; HALORUBRUM; METAGENOME; METAGENOMICS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; POND; PROKARYOTE; PSYCHROFLEXUS; PYROSEQUENCING; SALINIBACTER; SALINITY; SAMPLING; TAXONOMY; UNINDEXED SEQUENCE;

EID: 84905113877     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1664302X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2014.00196     Document Type: Article

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