Chemoautotrophic microbial mats in submarine caves with hydrothermal sulphidic springs at Cape Palinuro, Italy

Microbial Ecology

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 58-71

  Mattison, R G ^a,e   Abbiati, M ^b   Dando, P R ^c   Fitzsimons, M F ^d   Pratt, S M ^a   Southward, A J ^a   Southward, E G ^a  

^a THE LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

^c BANGOR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d MIDDLESEX UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^e ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAVERNICOLOUS SPECIES; CHEMOAUTOTROPHY; CHEMOSYNTHESIS; HYDROTHERMAL SPRING; HYDROTHERMAL SPRINGS; MICROBIAL MAT; MICROBIAL MATS; SUBMARINE CAVE;

ITALY, CAMPANIA, CAPE PALINURO;

BEGGIATOA; SCHIZOTHRIX; THIOTHRIX;

EID: 0031961928     PISSN: 00953628     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002489900060     Document Type: Article

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