Metabolic microenvironmental control by photosynthetic biofilms under changing macroenvironmental temperature and pH conditions

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 74, Issue 20, 2008, Pages 6306-6312

  Bissett, Andrew ^a,c   Reimer, Andreas ^b   De Beer, Dirk ^a   Shiraishi, Fumito ^b   Arp, Gernot ^b  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR MARINE MICROBIOLOGY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^c CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALKALINITY; BIOFILMS; BIOFILTERS; BIOLOGICAL SYSTEMS; BIOMINERALIZATION; BONE; CALCIUM; CALCIUM ALLOYS; DISSOLUTION; PH; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PROCESS CONTROL; SULFUR COMPOUNDS;

BIOLOGICAL PROCESSES; CALCIUM CARBONATES; CALCIUM FLUXES; CHEMICAL CONDITIONS; CONSTANT LEVELS; DIFFUSION COEFFICIENTS; ENVIRONMENTAL FLUCTUATIONS; ENVIRONMENTAL PARAMETERS; ENVIRONMENTAL PERTURBATIONS; EX-SITU; FOSSIL RECORDS; HIGHER TEMPERATURES; KARST WATERS; METABOLIC ACTIVITIES; MICROFOSSILS; OVERLYING WATERS; PH CONDITIONS; PH LEVELS; RESPIRATION RATES; SATURATION STATES; VARIOUS PHS;

PH EFFECTS;

CALCIUM;

ALKALINITY; BIOFILM; CALCIUM CARBONATE; CARBON DIOXIDE; CYANOBACTERIUM; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; FOSSIL RECORD; KARST; METABOLISM; MICROFOSSIL; PH; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; RESPIRATION; TEMPERATURE GRADIENT;

ARTICLE; BIOFILM; CALCIFICATION; CYANOBACTERIUM; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; NONHUMAN; PH; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHOTOTROPHIC BACTERIUM;

BIOFILMS; CALCIUM CARBONATE; CARBON DIOXIDE; CYANOBACTERIA; DARKNESS; FRESH WATER; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; LIGHT; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; TEMPERATURE;

CYANOBACTERIA;

EID: 54949092464     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.00877-08     Document Type: Article

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