Phylogenetic diversity of culturable bacteria from alpine permafrost in the Tianshan Mountains, northwestern China
Bai Y, Yang D, Wang J, Xu S, Wang X, An L. Phylogenetic diversity of culturable bacteria from alpine permafrost in the Tianshan Mountains, northwestern China. Research In Microbiology 2006, 157: 741-751. PMID: 16690258, DOI: 10.1016/j.resmic.2006.03.006.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPhylogenetic diversityDiverse microbial lineagesEvolutionary distance matricesSpecific ecological nichesCulturable bacterial communityRDNA restriction analysisPermafrost sedimentsMicrobial lineagesCFB phylumGram-positiveCytophaga-FlavobacteriumGenus ChryseobacteriumEndospore formationPhylogenetic treeEcological nichesPhylogenetic analysisGram-positive bacteriaBacteroides phylumNew speciesBacterial communitiesARDRA patternsColony pigmentationCulturable populationsPhenotypic propertiesCulturable bacteria