Genomic and phenotypic differentiation among Methanosarcina mazei populations from Columbia River sediment

ISME Journal

Volumn 9, Issue 10, 2015, Pages 2191-2205

  Youngblut, Nicholas D ^a,c   Wirth, Joseph S ^a,d   Henriksen, James R ^a,e   Smith, Maria ^b   Simon, Holly ^b   Metcalf, William W ^a   Whitaker, Rachel J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Cornell University ^*  (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^e AGBIOME   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLELE; ANOXIC CONDITIONS; CARBON CYCLE; CLADISTICS; ESTUARINE SEDIMENT; EUKARYOTE; GENETIC VARIATION; GENOMICS; METHANOGENESIS; NICHE PARTITIONING; PHENOTYPE; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

COLUMBIA ESTUARY; OREGON; UNITED STATES;

METHANOSARCINA; METHANOSARCINA MAZEI;

ARCHAEAL GENOME; CLASSIFICATION; GENETICS; GENOMICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METHANOSARCINA; MICROBIOLOGY; OREGON; PHYLOGENY; RIVER; SEDIMENT;

GENOME, ARCHAEAL; GENOMICS; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; METHANOSARCINA; OREGON; PHYLOGENY; RIVERS;

EID: 84942195836     PISSN: 17517362     EISSN: 17517370     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ismej.2015.31     Document Type: Article

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