Bacterial colonization and weathering of terrestrial obsidian in Iceland

Geomicrobiology Journal

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 25-37

  Herrera, Aude ^a   Cockell, Charles S ^a   Self, Stephen ^a   Blaxter, Mark ^b   Reitner, Joachim ^c   Arp, Gernot ^c   Dröse, Wolfgang ^c   Thorsteinsson, Thorsteinn ^d   Tindle, Andrew ^a  

^a OPEN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^d National Energy Authority Reykjavik   (Iceland)

Author keywords

16S rDNA gene; Bacterial community; Cloning sequencing; DNA extraction; FIB SEM; FISH; Icelandic terrestrial volcanic rock; Laboratory weathering experiments; Microprobe; Obsidian; Weathering

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); PROKARYOTA;

EID: 38849182335     PISSN: 01490451     EISSN: 15210529     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01490450701828982     Document Type: Article

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