Phototrophs in high-iron-concentration microbial mats: Physiological ecology of phototrophs in an iron-depositing hot spring

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 65, Issue 12, 1999, Pages 5474-5483

  Pierson, B K ^a   Parenteau, M N ^a   Griffin, D B M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PUGET SOUND   (United States)

^b MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BICARBONATE; FERROUS ION; IRON; OXYGEN; SULFIDE;

ECOPHYSIOLOGY; IRON; MICROBIAL MAT; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; THERMAL SPRING;

ARTICLE; CYANOBACTERIUM; ECOLOGY; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; NONHUMAN; OXIDATION; PH; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHOTOTROPHIC BACTERIUM; SEDIMENT; THERMAL SPRING;

UNITED STATES; WYOMING; YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK;

EID: 0032757380     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aem.65.12.5474-5483.1999     Document Type: Article

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