Phylogenetic diversity of the bacterial community from a microbial mat at an active, hydrothermal vent system, Loihi Seamount, Hawaii.

doi:10.1128/aem.61.4.1555-1562.1995

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Phylogenetic diversity of the bacterial community from a microbial mat at an active, hydrothermal vent system, Loihi Seamount, Hawaii.

Applied and environmental microbiology - 1 Apr 1995

Moyer C L, Dobbs F C, Karl D M

Abstract excerpt

The phylogenetic diversity of small-subunit rRNA genes associated with the domain Bacteria was examined (by using previously defined operational taxonomic units [C. L. Moyer, F.C. Dobbs, and D. M. Karl, Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 60:871-879, 1994]; those for Pele's Vents Bacteria are hereafter abb...

Topics

Bacteria
Ecosystem
Genetic Variation
Hawaii
Molecular Sequence Data
Phylogeny
RNA, Bacterial
RNA, Ribosomal
Seawater
Water Microbiology

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