Biogeography of heterotrophic flagellate populations indicates the presence of generalist and specialist taxa in the Arctic Ocean

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 81, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 2137-2148

  Thaler, Mary ^a   Lovejoy, Connie ^a  

^a Université Laval   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECOLOGY; ICE;

HIGH-THROUGHPUT SEQUENCING; MICROBIAL COMMUNITIES; MICROBIAL ECO SYSTEM; MODELING ENVIRONMENTS; PARTICULAR CONDITION; PHYSICAL OCEANOGRAPHY; POTENTIAL TOOL; TAXONOMIC GROUPS;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

BIOGEOGRAPHICAL REGION; CLIMATE CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL RESPONSE; FLAGELLATE; GENERALIST; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; HETEROTROPHY; PHYLOGENETICS; SPECIALIST; WATER COLUMN;

ARCTIC OCEAN;

CHOANOFLAGELLIDA; CRYOTHECOMONAS; EUKARYOTA; MASTIGOPHORA (FLAGELLATES); STRAMENOPILES;

ARCTIC; BIOTA; CANADA; CLASSIFICATION; DNA SEQUENCE; EUKARYOTE; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PHYLOGEOGRAPHY; SEA;

ARCTIC REGIONS; BIOTA; CANADA; EUKARYOTA; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OCEANS AND SEAS; PHYLOGEOGRAPHY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

EID: 84924678363     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.02737-14     Document Type: Article

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