Microbiological study of the dripping waters in Altamira cave (Santillana del Mar, Spain)

Journal of Microbiological Methods

Volumn 36, Issue 1-2, 1999, Pages 129-138

  Laiz, L ^a   Groth, I ^b   Gonzalez, I ^a   Saiz Jimenez, C ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE RECURSOS NATURALES Y AGROBIOLOGÍA DE SEVILLA   (Spain)

^b HANS KNÖLL INSTITUTE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Crystal formation; Dripping water; Enterobacteriaceae; Streptomyces; Vibrionaceae

Indexed keywords

ACINETOBACTER; ACTINOBACTERIA; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CONFERENCE PAPER; CRYSTAL; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; MICROFLORA; PH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROCK; SPAIN; STREPTOMYCES; VIBRIO; WATER ANALYSIS;

ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIA; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIA; SPAIN; WATER MICROBIOLOGY;

ACTINOBACTERIA (CLASS); ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; NEGIBACTERIA; POSIBACTERIA; STREPTOMYCES; VIBRIONACEAE;

EID: 0033134732     PISSN: 01677012     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-7012(99)00018-4     Document Type: Conference Paper

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