Microbial biomass and community structure of a stromatolite from an acid mine drainage system as determined by lipid analysis

Chemical Geology

Volumn 243, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 191-204

  Fang, Jiasong ^a   Hasiotis, Stephen T ^b   Gupta, Shamik Das ^a   Brake, Sandra S ^c   Bazylinski, Dennis A ^d  

^a IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Dept of Ecol Evolutionary Biology   (United States)

^c INDIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

Author keywords

Acid mine drainage; Archaea; Bacteria; Lipids; Phototrophs; Stromatolites

Indexed keywords

ACID MINE DRAINAGE; BIOMASS; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; PRESERVATION; SEDIMENTARY STRUCTURE; STROMATOLITE;

INDIANA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); EUKARYOTA; FUNGI; POSIBACTERIA; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 34447564121     PISSN: 00092541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemgeo.2007.06.001     Document Type: Article

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