CO 2 uptake and fixation by a thermoacidophilic microbial community attached to precipitated sulfur in a geothermal spring

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 75, Issue 13, 2009, Pages 4289-4296

  Boyd, Eric S ^a,c   Leavitt, William D ^a,b   Geesey, Gill G ^a  

^a MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b HAMPSHIRE COLLEGE   (United States)

^c HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

16S RRNA; ASSOCIATED COMMUNITIES; CARBON FIXATION; CHEMOLITHOAUTOTROPHIC; CLONE LIBRARY; ELEMENTAL SULFUR; GEOTHERMAL HABITATS; HIGH TEMPERATURE; IN-SITU; MICROBIAL COMMUNITIES; SYNECHOCOCCUS; THERMAL FEATURES; UPPER LIMITS; WYOMING; YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARKS;

BIOMASS; CLONING; GEYSERS; NUCLEIC ACIDS; PARKS; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; SULFUR;

GEOTHERMAL SPRINGS;

CARBON DIOXIDE; NUCLEIC ACID; RNA 16S; SULFUR;

ABUNDANCE; BACTERIUM; BIOLOGICAL UPTAKE; BIOMASS; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON FIXATION; CHEMOSYNTHESIS; DOMINANCE; GEOTHERMAL SYSTEM; HYDROTHERMAL VENT COMMUNITY; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; NATIONAL PARK; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; RNA; SULFUR; THERMOPHILY;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BIOMASS; CARBON DIOXIDE FIXATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; HIGH TEMPERATURE; HYDROGENOBACULUM; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; MOLECULAR LIBRARY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; SPECIES HABITAT; SPRING; SYNECHOCOCCUS; THERMOACIDOPHILIC BACTERIUM; UNITED STATES;

BACTERIA; CARBON DIOXIDE; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; HOT SPRINGS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; WYOMING;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK;

HYDROGENOBACULUM; SYNECHOCOCCUS;

EID: 67649582940     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.02751-08     Document Type: Article

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