Endolithic photosynthetic communities within ancient and recent travertine deposits in Yellowstone National Park

FEMS Microbiology Ecology

Volumn 57, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 470-483

  Norris, Tracy B ^a   Castenholz, Richard W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

Author keywords

Cyanobacteria; Endolithic; Photo microbial community; Travertine; Yellowstone National Park

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL METHOD; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; CYANOBACTERIUM; DESICCATION; ENDOLITHON; FREEZING; GENE; PHYLOGENETICS; RNA; ROCK PROPERTY; SUMMER; SURVEY; TRAVERTINE; WINTER;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CYANOBACTERIUM; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; MICROFLORA; MOLECULAR CLONING; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA GENE; ROCK;

CYANOBACTERIA; ECOSYSTEM; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHYLOGENY; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK;

CYANOBACTERIA;

EID: 33746925624     PISSN: 01686496     EISSN: 15746941     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6941.2006.00134.x     Document Type: Article

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