Physical, chemical, and microbiological characteristics of microbial mats (KOPARA) in the South Pacific atolls of French Polynesia

Canadian Journal of Microbiology

Volumn 47, Issue 11, 2001, Pages 994-1012

  Mao Che, L ^a   Andrefouet S ^a   Bothorel, V ^a   Guezennec, M ^a   Rougeaux, H ^a   Guezennec, J ^a   Deslandes, E ^a   Trichet, J ^a   Matheron, R ^a   Le Campion, T ^a   Payri, C ^a   Caumette, P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE PAU ET DES PAYS DE L'ADOUR   (France)

Author keywords

Bacterial pigments; Cyanobacteria; Exopolymers; French Polynesia atolls; Microbial mats

Indexed keywords

BACTERIOLOGY; BIODIVERSITY; LIPIDS; OXYGEN; PH EFFECTS; PIGMENTS; SALINE WATER;

CHEMICAL CHARACTERSTICS;

MICROORGANISMS;

IRON; LIPID; ORGANIC MATTER; OXYGEN; PIGMENT; POLYMER; SULFIDE;

CYANOBACTERIUM; MICROBIAL MAT; MICROBIOLOGY; PIGMENT; POND;

ANOXIA; ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; COLOR; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CYANOBACTERIUM; DESULFOBACTER; DESULFOVIBRIO; LIPID ANALYSIS; MICROBIAL GROWTH; PH; PHORMIDIUM; PHOTOTROPHIC BACTERIUM; POLYNESIA; POND; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SALINITY; SCHIZOTHRIX; SCYTONEMA;

BACTERIA; CAROTENOIDS; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; CYANOBACTERIA; FATTY ACIDS; MONOSACCHARIDES; PIGMENTS, BIOLOGICAL; POLYNESIA; POLYSACCHARIDES, BACTERIAL; WATER MICROBIOLOGY;

FRENCH POLYNESIA;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CYANOBACTERIA; DESULFOBACTER; DESULFOVIBRIO; NEGIBACTERIA; PHORMIDIUM; PHOTOBACTERIA; RHODOSPIRILLACEAE; SCHIZOTHRIX; SCYTONEMA;

EID: 18244372999     PISSN: 00084166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/cjm-47-11-994     Document Type: Article

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