Three different phototrophic microbial communities colonizing a single natural shelter containing prehistoric paintings

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 407, Issue 17, 2009, Pages 4876-4881

  Portillo, M C ^a   Alloza, R ^b   Gonzalez, J M ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE RECURSOS NATURALES Y AGROBIOLOGÍA DE SEVILLA   (Spain)

^b Laboratorio de Analisis e Investigacion de Bienes Culturales   (Spain)

Author keywords

Microbial community; Natural shelter; PCR DGGE; Prehistoric paintings

Indexed keywords

ACTINOBACTERIA; BLACK CRUSTS; CULTURAL HERITAGES; GAMMAPROTEOBACTERIA; MICROBIAL COMMUNITIES; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; MICROENVIRONMENTS; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; NATURAL SHELTER; PCR-DGGE; PHOTOSYNTHETIC BACTERIA; PHOTOTROPHS; PLANCTOMYCETES; PREHISTORIC PAINTINGS; SINGLE LOCATION;

BACTERIOLOGY; DETERIORATION; DNA; GENES; NUCLEIC ACIDS; RNA;

BACTERIA;

BACTERIAL DNA; BACTERIAL RNA; RUNOFF;

DNA; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; PHOTOAUTOTROPHY; PREHISTORIC; RNA; RUNOFF;

ACTINOBACTERIA; ADAPTATION; ALPHAPROTEOBACTERIA; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTEROIDETES; BETAPROTEOBACTERIA; CHLOROFLEXI; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELTAPROTEOBACTERIA; DENATURING GRADIENT GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; GAMMAPROTEOBACTERIA; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; MICROENVIRONMENT; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PAINTING; PHOTOTROPHIC BACTERIUM; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

ARCHAEOLOGY; BACTERIA; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA PRIMERS; DNA, BACTERIAL; LIGHT; PAINTINGS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

ACIDOBACTERIA; ACTINOBACTERIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BACTEROIDETES; CHLOROFLEXI; CHLOROFLEXI (CLASS); GAMMAPROTEOBACTERIA; PHOTOBACTERIA; PLANCTOMYCETES;

EID: 67649105361     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2009.05.038     Document Type: Article

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