Deep sequencing uncovers protistan plankton diversity in the Portuguese Ria Formosa solar saltern ponds

Extremophiles

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 283-295

  Filker, Sabine ^a   Gimmler, Anna ^a   Dunthorn, Micah ^a   Mahé, Frédéric ^a   Stoeck, Thorsten ^a  

^a Rheinland Pfälzische Technische Universität Kaiserslautern Landau   (Germany)

Author keywords

Hypersaline; Novel diversity; Protistan plankton; Salt gradient; Solar saltern

Indexed keywords

ALVEOLATA; BIODIVERSITY; CLASSIFICATION; DNA SEQUENCE; FUNGUS; GENETICS; GREEN ALGA; HIGH THROUGHPUT SEQUENCING; PLANKTON; PORTUGAL; SALINITY; SALT TOLERANCE;

ALVEOLATA; BIODIVERSITY; CHLOROPHYTA; FUNGI; HIGH-THROUGHPUT NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCING; PLANKTON; PORTUGAL; SALINITY; SALT-TOLERANCE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

EID: 84925543325     PISSN: 14310651     EISSN: 14334909     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00792-014-0713-2     Document Type: Article

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