Microbial communities associated with hydromagnesite and needle-fiber aragonite deposits in a karstic cave (Altamira, northern spain)

Geomicrobiology Journal

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 9-25

  Canaveras J C ^a,b   Hoyos, M ^c   Sanchez Moral, S ^c   Sanz Rubio, E ^c   Bedoya, J ^c   Soler, V ^d   Groth, I ^e   Schumann, P ^f   Laiz, L ^d   Gonzalez, I ^d   Saiz Jimenez, C ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALICANTE   (Spain)

^b MUSEO NACIONAL DE CIENCIAS NATURALES   (Spain)

^c INSTITUTO DE PRODUCTOS NATURALES Y AGROBIOLOGÍA   (Spain)

^d BIOMATERIALS DEPARTMENT   (Germany)

^e LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE DSMZ GERMAN COLLECTION OF MICROORGANISMS AND CELL CULTURES   (Germany)

^f INSTITUTO DE RECURSOS NATURALES Y AGROBIOLOGÍA DE SEVILLA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Actinomycetes; Altamira cave; Aragonite; Biomineralization; Calcite; Heterotrophic bacteria; Hydromagnesite; Moonmilk; Speleothem; Vaterite

Indexed keywords

ARAGONITE; BIOMINERALIZATION; CAVE; KARST; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY;

SPAIN;

STREPTOMYCES;

EID: 0344171883     PISSN: 01490451     EISSN: 15210529     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/014904599270712     Document Type: Article

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