Endolithnic cyanobacteria in soil gypsum: Occurences in Atacama (Chile), Mojave (United States), and Al-Jafr Basin (Jordan) Deserts

Journal of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences

Volumn 112, Issue 2, 2007, Pages

  Dong, Hailiang ^a   Rech, Jason A ^a   Jiang, Hongchen ^a   Sun, Henry ^b   Buck, Brenda J ^c  

^a MIAMI UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b DESERT RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYANOBACTERIUM; FINE GRAINED SEDIMENT; GYPSUM; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SOIL BIOTA; SULFATE;

AL-JAHRA; ASIA; ATACAMA; CHILE; EURASIA; KUWAIT [MIDDLE EAST]; MIDDLE EAST; MOJAVE DESERT; NORTH AMERICA; SOUTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CHROOCOCCIDIOPSIS; CYANOBACTERIA;

EID: 34548303426     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2006JG000385     Document Type: Article

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