Microbially mediated sulphide production in a thermal, acidic algal mat community in Yellowstone National Park

Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 5, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 954-960

  Ferris, Michael J ^a,d   Magnuson, Timothy S ^a,b   Fagg, Jennifer A ^a   Thar, Roland ^c   Kühl, Michael ^c   Sheehan, Kathy B ^a   Henson, Joan M ^a  

^a MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Nucl Eng Idaho State University   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^d The Research Institute for Children at Children's Hospital New Orleans   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGAE; FRESH WATER; HOT SPRINGS; MICROELECTRODES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OXYGEN; PHYLOGENY; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SULFIDES; WATER MICROBIOLOGY; WYOMING;

ALGAE; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); EUKARYOTA; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 0141453356     PISSN: 14622912     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1462-2920.2003.00494.x     Document Type: Article

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