Endolithic microbial ecosystems

Annual Review of Microbiology

Volumn 61, Issue , 2007, Pages 331-347

  Walker, Jeffrey J ^a   Pace, Norman R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Endolith; Geobiology; Microbial diversity; Microbial ecology; rRNA

Indexed keywords

RIBOSOME RNA; WATER;

BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL FLORA; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; BIOGEOGRAPHY; ECOLOGY; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENT; GEOLOGY; LIGHT; MICROBIAL DIVERSITY; MOLECULAR ECOLOGY; NONHUMAN; NUTRIENT; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; TEMPERATURE;

ARCHAEA; BACTERIA; CYANOBACTERIA; ECOLOGY; ECOSYSTEM; FUNGI; GEOLOGY; LIGHT; PHYLOGENY; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 35848962742     PISSN: 00664227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev.micro.61.080706.093302     Document Type: Review

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