Multivariate and phylogenetic analyses assessing the response of bacterial mat communities from an ancient oligotrophic aquatic ecosystem to different scenarios of long-term environmental disturbance

PLoS ONE

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2015, Pages

  Pajares, Silvia ^a   Souza, Valeria ^a   Eguiarte, Luis E ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE ECOLOGÍA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RIBOSOME RNA; BACTERIAL DNA; BACTERIAL RNA; RNA 16S;

ALPHAPROTEOBACTERIA; AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT; ARTICLE; BACTERIOPLANKTON; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYANOBACTERIUM; ENVIRONMENTAL DISEASE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; GENE SEQUENCE; HIGH TEMPERATURE; MESOCOSM; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR LIBRARY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; RADIATION PROTECTION; RNA GENE; SPECIES COMPOSITION; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVITY; ECOSYSTEM; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MICROBIAL CONSORTIUM; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; TIME FACTOR;

ALPHAPROTEOBACTERIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CYANOBACTERIA; LEPTOLYNGBYA; OTUS;

ALPHAPROTEOBACTERIA; BASE SEQUENCE; CYANOBACTERIA; DNA, BACTERIAL; ECOSYSTEM; MICROBIAL CONSORTIA; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; RNA, BACTERIAL; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; TIME FACTORS; WATER MICROBIOLOGY;

EID: 84924956418     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0119741     Document Type: Article

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