Extremely acidic, pendulous cave wall biofilms from the Frasassi cave system, Italy

Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 9, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1402-1414

  Macalady, Jennifer L ^a   Jones, Daniel S ^a   Lyon, Ezra H ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM CARBONATE; RNA 16S; SULFUR;

ACIDITHIOBACILLUS; ARTICLE; BIOFILM; CLASSIFICATION; ENVIRONMENT; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; ITALY; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE;

ACIDITHIOBACILLUS; BIOFILMS; CALCIUM CARBONATE; ENVIRONMENT; ITALY; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SULFUR;

ACIDIMICROBIUM; ACIDITHIOBACILLUS; ARCHAEA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); FERROPLASMA; FUNGI; PROKARYOTA; PROTISTA; SULFOBACILLUS; THERMOPLASMATA;

EID: 34247233535     PISSN: 14622912     EISSN: 14622920     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1462-2920.2007.01256.x     Document Type: Article

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