The relationship between physical and chemical conditions and low microbial diversity in the Blue Lagoon geothermal lake in Iceland

FEMS Microbiology Ecology

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 39-45

  Pétursdóttir, Solveig K ^a   Kristjánsson, Jakob K ^a,b  

^a Technological Institute of Iceland   (Iceland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ICELAND   (Iceland)

Author keywords

Blue lagoon; Iceland; Microbial diversity; Numerical taxonomy; Saline geothermal lake

Indexed keywords

LAKE WATER;

AQUIFER; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BIOCHEMISTRY; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENETIC VARIABILITY; ICELAND; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TAXONOMY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); NEGIBACTERIA;

BACTERIA; GEOTHERMAL LAKE; MICROBIAL DIVERSITY; SALINE LAKE;

ICELAND, BLUE LAGOON;

EID: 0029661453     PISSN: 01686496     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0168-6496(95)00077-1     Document Type: Article

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