Seasonal dynamics of active SAR11 ecotypes in the oligotrophic Northwest Mediterranean Sea

ISME Journal

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 347-360

  Salter, Ian ^a,b,c   Galand, Pierre E ^b,d   Fagervold, Sonja K ^b,d,e   Lebaron, Philippe ^b,e   Obernosterer, Ingrid ^b,c   Oliver, Matthew J ^f   Suzuki, Marcelino T ^b,e   Tricoire, Cyrielle ^b  

^a ALFRED WEGENER INSTITUTE FOR POLAR AND MARINE RESEARCH   (Germany)

^b SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^c CNRS   (France)

^d Observatoire Océanologique de Banyuls sur Mer   (France)

^e Université Pierre et Marie Curie   (France)

^f UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; ECOTYPE; GENETIC VARIATION; METABOLISM; OLIGOTROPHIC ENVIRONMENT; PHYLOGENETICS; PHYTOPLANKTON; RNA; SEASONAL VARIATION; STRATIFICATION; TIME SERIES;

MEDITERRANEAN SEA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA (NORTHWEST);

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

RIBOSOME DNA; RNA 16S; SEA WATER;

ALPHAPROTEOBACTERIA; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; ECOTYPE; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; MICROBIOLOGY; PHYLOGENY; SEASON;

ALPHAPROTEOBACTERIA; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; ECOTYPE; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; PHYLOGENY; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEASONS; SEAWATER;

EID: 84921601603     PISSN: 17517362     EISSN: 17517370     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ismej.2014.129     Document Type: Article

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