Influence of sulfide and temperature on species composition and community structure of hot spring microbial mats

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 66, Issue 7, 2000, Pages 2835-2841

  Skirnisdottir, Sigurlaug ^a,c   Hreggvidsson, Gudmundur O ^a   Hjörleifsdottir, Sigridur ^a   Marteinsson, Viggo T ^a   Petursdottir, Solveig K ^a   Holst, Olle ^c   Kristjansson, Jakob K ^a,b,d  

^a Prokaria Ltd   (Iceland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ICELAND   (Iceland)

^c LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^d IceTherm Discovery Ltd   (Iceland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SULFIDE;

COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; MICROBIAL MAT; SULFIDE; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; THERMAL SPRING;

ARTICLE; ECOSYSTEM; HIGH TEMPERATURE; ICELAND; NONHUMAN; THERMAL SPRING; THERMOPHILIC BACTERIUM;

ARCHAEA; BACTERIA; BACTERIAL PHYSIOLOGY; CLONING, MOLECULAR; ECOSYSTEM; FRESH WATER; GENES, RRNA; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; RNA, RIBOSOMAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SULFIDES; TEMPERATURE; WATER MICROBIOLOGY;

ICELAND;

AQUIFICALES; ARCHAEA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CHLOROFLEXUS; OTUS; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 0033943879     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.66.7.2835-2841.2000     Document Type: Article

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