Chapter 25
Bacterial Community Structure and Dynamics in a Seasonally Anoxic Fjord: Saanich Inlet, British Columbia
David A. Walsh,
Steven J. Hallam,
David A. Walsh
University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Search for more papers by this authorSteven J. Hallam
University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Search for more papers by this authorDavid A. Walsh,
Steven J. Hallam,
David A. Walsh
University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Search for more papers by this authorSteven J. Hallam
University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Search for more papers by this authorBook Editor(s):Frans J. de Bruijn,
Frans J. de Bruijn
Laboratory of Plant Micro-organism Interaction, CNRS-INRA, Castanet Tolosan, France
Search for more papers by this authorSummary
This chapter contains sections titled:
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Introduction
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Materials and Methods
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Results
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Discussion
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Internet Resources
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References
INTERNET RESOURCES
- Bellerophon (http://greengenes.lbl.gov/cgi-bin/nphbel3_interface.cgi)
- Mallard (http://www.bioinformatics-toolkit.org/)
- DOTUR and SONS (http://www.mothur.org/wiki/Main_Page)
- PC-ORD (http://home.centurytel.net/ mjm/pcordwin. htm)
- Greengenes (http://greengenes.lbl.gov/cgi-bin/nphindex.cgi)
- NCBI blast (http://blast.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/)
- SILVA (http://www.arb-silva.de/)
- Muscle (http://www.drive5.com/muscle/)
- MacClade (http://macclade.org/macclade.html)
- PhyML (http://code.google.com/p/phyml/)
- bubble.pl (http://www.cmde.science.ubc.ca/hallam/ bubble.php)
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