Rare but active taxa contribute to community dynamics of benthic biofilms in glacier-fed streams

Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 16, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 2514-2524

  Wilhelm, Linda ^a   Besemer, Katharina ^a   Fasching, Christina ^a   Urich, Tim ^b   Singer, Gabriel A ^a   Quince, Christopher ^c   Battin, Tom J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b Inter University Centre for Aquatic Ecosystem Research   (Austria)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RNA 16S;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM; BIODIVERSITY; BIOFILM; CLASSIFICATION; ECOSYSTEM; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HIGH THROUGHPUT SEQUENCING; ICE COVER; MICROBIOLOGY; PHYLOGENY; SEDIMENT;

BACTERIA; BIODIVERSITY; BIOFILMS; ECOSYSTEM; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; HIGH-THROUGHPUT NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCING; ICE COVER; PHYLOGENY; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; WATER MICROBIOLOGY;

EID: 84905383347     PISSN: 14622912     EISSN: 14622920     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1462-2920.12392     Document Type: Article

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