Silicified microbes in a geyser mound: The enigma of low-temperature cyanobacteria in a high-temperature setting

Palaios

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 87-109

  Jones, Brian ^a   Renaut, Robin W ^b   Rosen, Michael R ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^c GNS SCIENCE   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYANOBACTERIUM; EXTREMOPHILE; GEOTHERMAL SYSTEM; GEYSER; LOW TEMPERATURE; SILICIFICATION; SINTER;

NEW ZEALAND;

BACILLARIOPHYTA; CALOTHRIX; CYANOBACTERIA; PHORMIDIUM; SYNECHOCOCCUS;

EID: 0038025878     PISSN: 08831351     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1669/0883-1351(2003)18<87:SMIAGM>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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