Ultrastructural and genetic characteristics of endolithic cyanobacterial biofilms colonizing Antarctic granite rocks

FEMS Microbiology Ecology

Volumn 59, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 386-395

  De Los Ríos, Asunción ^a   Grube, Martin ^b   Sancho, Leopoldo G ^c   Ascaso, Carmen ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE CIENCIAS AGRARIAS   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

^c UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

16S rRNA gene; Antarctica; Cyanobacteria; Endolithic biofilms; Extracellular polymeric substances

Indexed keywords

CHLOROPHYLL; RIBOSOME RNA;

ADAPTATION; BIOFILM; CYANOBACTERIUM; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC DIFFERENTIATION; GRANITE; IDENTIFICATION METHOD;

ADHESION; ANTARCTICA; BIOFILM; CONFERENCE PAPER; CYANOBACTERIUM; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GRANITE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANTARCTIC REGIONS; BACTERIAL ADHESION; BIOFILMS; CYANOBACTERIA; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; GENES, RRNA; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SILICON DIOXIDE;

ANTARCTICA; CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; SWITZERLAND;

ACARYOCHLORIS MARINA; CYANOBACTERIA;

EID: 33846215028     PISSN: 01686496     EISSN: 15746941     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6941.2006.00256.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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