Microbial mats from the Llamará salt flat, northern Chile;Tapetes microbianos del Salar de Llamará, norte de Chile

Revista Chilena de Historia Natural

Volumn 76, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 485-499

  Demergasso, Cecilia ^a   Chong, Guillermo ^a   Galleguillos, Pedro ^a   Escudero, Lorena ^a   Martínez Alonso, Maira ^b   Esteve, Isabel ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DEL NORTE   (Chile)

^b UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Chile; Desert; Microbial mats; Phototrophic bacteria; Salt flats

Indexed keywords

ATACAMA; BACILLARIOPHYTA; BACILLI; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CHROMATIUM; CYANOBACTERIA; CYANOTHECE; GLOEOBACTER; GLOEOCAPSA; OSCILLATORIA; OSCILLATORIA SP.; PHOTOBACTERIA; SYNECHOCOCCUS; THIOCAPSA;

EID: 1042291502     PISSN: 0716078X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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