Geobiology of a microbiol endolithic community in the Yellowstone geothermal environment

Nature

Volumn 434, Issue 7036, 2005, Pages 1011-1014

  Walker, Jeffrey J ^a   Spear, John R ^a   Pace, Norman R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOMARKERS; FOSSIL FUEL DEPOSITS; GEOTHERMAL ENERGY; MICROORGANISMS; PH EFFECTS; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; ROCKS; SOLAR SYSTEM;

DESICCATION; GEOLOGICAL DATA; MICROBIAL ENDOLITHIC; MINERALIZATION;

GEOLOGY;

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; MINERAL; SILICON DIOXIDE; ALGAL DNA; BACTERIAL DNA; RIBOSOME RNA; WATER;

GEOTHERMAL SYSTEM; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY;

ACIDITY; ARTICLE; ASTRONOMY; DESERT CLIMATE; DESICCATION; FOSSIL; GEOLOGY; GROWTH; MICROFLORA; MICROHABITAT; MINERALIZATION; MOISTURE; NATIONAL PARK; NUTRIENT; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROCK; SOLAR RADIATION; BIOFILM; BIOLOGY; CLASSIFICATION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HISTORY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; MYCOBACTERIUM; PH; PHYLOGENY; POROSITY; RED ALGA; SEDIMENT; THERMAL SPRING; UNITED STATES;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD; YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK;

ALGAE, RED; BIOFILMS; DNA, ALGAL; DNA, BACTERIAL; EXOBIOLOGY; FOSSILS; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; HISTORY, ANCIENT; HOT SPRINGS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; MYCOBACTERIUM; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHYLOGENY; POROSITY; RNA, RIBOSOMAL; WATER; WYOMING;

EID: 17844372203     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature03447     Document Type: Article

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