Production and cycling of natural microbial exopolymers (EPS) within a marine stromatolite

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 219, Issue 1-2, 2005, Pages 71-86

  Decho, Alan W ^a   Visscher, Pieter T ^b   Reid, R Pamela ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

Author keywords

Bacteria; Biofilm; Cyanobacteria; Degradation; EPS; Production; Stromatolite

Indexed keywords

BIOFILM; BIOGENIC DEPOSIT; CARBON ISOTOPE; CYANOBACTERIUM; STROMATOLITE;

EID: 15744393449     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2004.10.015     Document Type: Article

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