A cryptoendolithic community in volcanic glass

Astrobiology

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 369-381

  Herrera, Aude ^a   Cockell, Charles S ^a   Self, Stephen ^a   Blaxter, Mark ^b   Reitner, Joachim ^c   Thorsteinsson, Thorsteinn ^d   Arp, Gernot ^c   Dröse, Wolfgang ^c   Tindle, Andrew G ^a  

^a OPEN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^d National Energy Authority Reykjavik   (Iceland)

Author keywords

Cyanobacteria; Early Earth; Endoliths; Life in extreme environments

Indexed keywords

GLASS; OBSIDIAN; RIBOSOME DNA; RNA 16S;

ALGA; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; CYANOBACTERIUM; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; ICELAND; LIGHT; MICROBIOLOGY; MICROCLIMATE; MICROSCOPY; PHOTOTROPHY;

ALGAE; CYANOBACTERIA; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY; GLASS; ICELAND; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION, FLUORESCENCE; LIGHT; MICROCLIMATE; MICROSCOPY; PHOTOTROPHIC PROCESSES; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S;

ALGAE; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CYANOBACTERIA;

EID: 67650875882     PISSN: 15311074     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/ast.2008.0278     Document Type: Article

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