Stable-isotope probing identifies uncultured Planctomycetes as primary degraders of a complex heteropolysaccharide in soil

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 81, Issue 14, 2015, Pages 4607-4615

  Wang, Xiaoqing ^a   Sharp, Christine E ^a   Jones, Gareth M ^a   Grasby, Stephen E ^b   Brady, Allyson L ^a,c   Dunfield, Peter F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^b GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA   (Canada)

^c MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROBIC BACTERIA; CELLULOSE; GENES; GLUCOSE; ISOTOPES; RNA; SOILS;

16S RRNA GENE SEQUENCE; BEIJERINCKIA INDICA; CELLULOSE DEGRADING BACTERIA; EXOPOLYSACCHARIDES; GLUCONACETOBACTER XYLINUS; HETEROPOLYSACCHARIDE; HETEROPOLYSACCHARIDES; STABLE-ISOTOPE PROBING;

BACTERIA;

BACTERIUM; CELLULOSE; GROWTH RATE; NEW SPECIES; POLYSACCHARIDE; SOIL ANALYSIS; STABLE ISOTOPE; SUBSTRATE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BEIJERINCKIA INDICA; GLUCONACETOBACTER XYLINUS; PLANCTOMYCETES; UNCULTURED BACTERIUM; UNCULTURED PLANCTOMYCETE; VERRUCOMICROBIA;

CARBON; CELLULOSE; POLYSACCHARIDE;

BACTERIUM; BEIJERINCKIACEAE; BIOREMEDIATION; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; GENETICS; GLUCONACETOBACTER XYLINUS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; PHYLOGENY;

BACTERIA; BEIJERINCKIACEAE; BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; CARBON ISOTOPES; CELLULOSE; GLUCONACETOBACTER XYLINUS; PHYLOGENY; POLYSACCHARIDES; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY;

EID: 84931366072     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.00055-15     Document Type: Article

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