Thermophilic microbial mats in a tropical geothermal location display pronounced seasonal changes but appear resilient to stochastic disturbance

Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 9, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 3065-3076

  Lacap, Donnabella C ^a   Barraquio, Wilfredo ^b   Pointing, Stephen B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b University of the Philippines Diliman   (Philippines)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; RNA 16S;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM; CLASSIFICATION; CYANOBACTERIUM; DNA SEQUENCE; ECOSYSTEM; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HEAT; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; SEASON; STATISTICS; THERMAL SPRING; TROPIC CLIMATE;

BACTERIA; CYANOBACTERIA; DNA, BACTERIAL; ECOSYSTEM; HEAT; HOT SPRINGS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEASONS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; STOCHASTIC PROCESSES; TROPICAL CLIMATE;

EID: 35948948699     PISSN: 14622912     EISSN: 14622920     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1462-2920.2007.01417.x     Document Type: Article

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