Comparison of microbial community compositions of two subglacial environments reveals a possible role for microbes in chemical weathering processes

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 71, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 6986-6997

  Skidmore, Mark ^a,d   Anderson, Suzanne P ^b   Sharp, Martin ^c   Foght, Julia ^c   Lanoil, Brian D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^d MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBONATE DISSOLUTION; CLONE LIBRARIES; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY;

BACTERIA; CARBONATES; GEOCHEMISTRY; OXIDATION;

MICROBIOLOGY;

CARBONIC ACID; RNA 16S; SULFIDE;

CHEMICAL WEATHERING; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; GLACIER; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BETAPROTEOBACTERIA; CANADA; CLONE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DISSOLUTION; DOT HYBRIDIZATION; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE CLUSTER; GENE SEQUENCE; GEOCHEMISTRY; GLACIER; MICROFLORA; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE PROBE; OXIDATION; PHYLOGENY; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; UNINDEXED SEQUENCE; WEATHERING;

BACTERIA; CALCIUM SULFATE; CARBONATES; CLONING, MOLECULAR; ECOSYSTEM; FRESH WATER; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; ICE COVER; IMMUNOBLOTTING; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; PHYLOGENY; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SULFIDES;

BETAPROTEOBACTERIA;

EID: 32044458573     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.71.11.6986-6997.2005     Document Type: Article

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