Microscopic examination of acidic hot springs of Waiotapu, North Island, New Zealand

New Zealand Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research

Volumn 39, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 1001-1011

  Ellis, Dean G ^a   Bizzoco, Richard L Weiss ^a   Maezato, Yukari ^a   Baggett, Judith N ^a   Kelley, Scott T ^a  

^a SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Acid; Hot spring; Microbe; Microorganism; PCR; Thermal

Indexed keywords

MICROORGANISM; NEW RECORD; THERMAL SPRING;

AUSTRALASIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; NEW ZEALAND; NORTH ISLAND; WAIKATO; WAIOTAPU; WORLD;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); SULFOBACILLUS; SULFOLOBUS; THERMOFILUM; THERMOFILUM PENDENS; THIOBACILLUS; UNIDENTIFIED BACTERIUM;

EID: 27144461698     PISSN: 00288330     EISSN: 11758805     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00288330.2005.9517371     Document Type: Article

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