Structural and functional analysis of a microbial mat ecosystem from a unique permanent hypersaline inland lake: 'La Salada de Chiprana' (NE Spain)

FEMS Microbiology Ecology

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 175-189

  Jonkers, Henk M ^a   Ludwig, Rebecca ^a   De Wit, Rutger ^b   Pringault, Olivier ^b,d   Muyzer, Gerard ^c   Niemann, Helge ^a   Finke, Niko ^a   De Beer, Dirk ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR MARINE MICROBIOLOGY   (Germany)

^b CNRS   (France)

^c DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^d INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (New Caledonia)

Author keywords

Carbon cycling; Denaturing gradient gel electrophoresis; High performance liquid chromatography; Hypersaline mat; Microsensor; Photopigment; Photosynthesis

Indexed keywords

FATTY ACID; MAGNESIUM; SULFATE;

HYPERSALINE ENVIRONMENT; LAKE; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; MICROBIAL MAT; STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS;

ARTICLE; CARBON CYCLING; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYANOBACTERIUM; DENATURING GRADIENT GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; LAKE ECOSYSTEM; MICROBIAL MAT; MICROSCOPY; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; MORPHOTYPE; NONHUMAN; OXYGENATION; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAMPLING; SPAIN;

CANTABRIA; LA SALADA DE CHIPRANA; SPAIN;

CHLOROFLEXUS; CYANOBACTERIA;

EID: 0037447818     PISSN: 01686496     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-6496(02)00464-6     Document Type: Article

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