Sulfide fluxes in a microbial mat from the Ebro Delta, Spain

International Microbiology

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 133-138

  Mir, Joan ^a   Martínez Alonso, Maira ^a   Caumette, Pierre ^b   Guerrero, Ricardo ^c   Esteve, Isabel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b IBEAS Campus Universitaire   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Microbial mats; Sulfate reduction; Sulfide oxidation

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); PHOTOBACTERIA;

SULFIDE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COUNT; BACTERIUM; METABOLISM; SEDIMENT; SPAIN;

BACTERIA; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; SPAIN; SULFIDES;

EID: 0036730051     PISSN: 11396709     EISSN: 16181905     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10123-002-0076-x     Document Type: Article

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