Minor revision to V4 region SSU rRNA 806R gene primer greatly increases detection of SAR11 bacterioplankton

Aquatic Microbial Ecology

Volumn 75, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 129-137

  Apprill, Amy ^a   Mcnally, Sean ^a,b   Parsons, Rachel ^b   Weber, Laura ^a  

^a WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

^b BERMUDA INSTITUTE OF OCEAN SCIENCES   (Bermuda)

Author keywords

16s; Bacteria; FISH; Fluorescence in situ hybridization; SAR11; SSU rRNA gene

Indexed keywords

EID: 84969814805     PISSN: 09483055     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/ame01753     Document Type: Article

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