A hypersaline microbial mat from the Pacific Atoll Kiritimati: Insights into composition and carbon fixation using biomarker analyses and a 13C-labeling approach

Geobiology

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 308-323

  Buhring S I ^a,b   Smittenberg, R H ^a,c   Sachse, D ^a,d   Lipp, J S ^b   Golubic, S ^e   Sachs, J P ^a,f   Hinrichs, K U ^b   Summons, R E ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

^c GEOLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF POTSDAM   (Germany)

^e Boston University   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON; FATTY ACID;

ATOLL; AUTOTROPHY; BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLE; BIOMARKER; CARBON FIXATION; CARBON ISOTOPE; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; HYPERSALINE ENVIRONMENT; LAKE; MICROBIAL MAT; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PHOSPHOLIPID; PRECAMBRIAN; RECONSTRUCTION;

ARCHAEBACTERIUM; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; CYTOLOGY; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; MICROSCOPY; PACIFIC OCEAN; SEDIMENT; STAINING;

ARCHAEA; BACTERIA; CARBON; CARBON ISOTOPES; FATTY ACIDS; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; MICROSCOPY; PACIFIC OCEAN; STAINING AND LABELING;

CHRISTMAS ISLAND; INDIAN OCEAN; INDIAN OCEAN ISLANDS;

APHANOCAPSA; APHANOTHECE; ARCHAEA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CHROMATIACEAE; CYANOBACTERIA;

EID: 67650819011     PISSN: 14724677     EISSN: 14724669     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1472-4669.2009.00198.x     Document Type: Article

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