Speleothems from Mawsmai and Krem Phyllut caves, Meghalaya, India: Some evidences on biogenic activities

Environmental Geology

Volumn 57, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 1169-1186

  Baskar, Sushmitha ^a   Baskar, R ^a   Lee, Natuschka ^b   Theophilus, P K ^a  

^a GURU JAMBHESHWAR UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (India)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bacteria; Biogeochemistry; Calcium minerals; Carbonate speleothems; Caves; Geomicrobiology

Indexed keywords

BACILLUS CEREUS; BACILLUS LICHENIFORMIS; BACILLUS MYCOIDES; BIOGENIC ACTIVITIES; CALCITE CRYSTALS; EXPERIMENTAL STUDIES; GEOMICROBIOLOGY; MICROCOCCUS LUTEUS; MICROFABRIC; MICROSCOPIC OBSERVATIONS; MOLECULAR TECHNIQUES; NANO-SCALE; SEM-EDAX; THIN SECTIONS; XRD STUDIES;

BACTERIOLOGY; BIOCHEMISTRY; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; CALCITE; CALCIUM; CALCIUM ALLOYS; CARBONATE MINERALS; CAVES; CRYSTALS; GYPSUM; MINERALS; PETROGRAPHY; SILICA;

BACTERIA;

BACTERIUM; BIOGENIC MATERIAL; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; CALCITE; CALCIUM; CAVE DEVELOPMENT; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; GEOMICROBIOLOGY; GYPSUM; IDENTIFICATION METHOD; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SPELEOTHEM; X-RAY DIFFRACTION;

ASIA; EURASIA; INDIA; MAWSMAI CAVE; MEGHALAYA; SOUTH ASIA;

ACTINOBACTERIA; ACTINOBACTERIA (CLASS); BACILLUS (BACTERIUM); BACILLUS CEREUS; BACILLUS LICHENIFORMIS; BACILLUS MYCOIDES; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); MICROCOCCUS LUTEUS;

EID: 67349222349     PISSN: 09430105     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00254-008-1413-y     Document Type: Article

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