Earthquakes promote bacterial genetic exchange in serpentinite crevices

Astrobiology

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 289-295

  Yoshida, Naoto ^a   Fujiura, Nori ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIYAZAKI   (Japan)

Author keywords

Biofilm; Chrysotile; Evolution; Pseudomonas sp.; Seismic shaking

Indexed keywords

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); PSEUDOMONAS; PSEUDOMONAS SP.;

BACTERIAL DNA; BACTERIAL POLYSACCHARIDE; BIOMATERIAL; CHRYSOTILE; GELLAN; SILICON DIOXIDE;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL COUNT; BACTERIUM; BACTERIUM TRANSFORMATION; BIOFILM; BIOSYNTHESIS; CHEMISTRY; COLLOID; EARTHQUAKE; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; PLASMID; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; SOLUTION AND SOLUBILITY;

ASBESTOS, SERPENTINE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIA; BIOFILMS; COATED MATERIALS, BIOCOMPATIBLE; COLLOIDS; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; DNA, BACTERIAL; EARTHQUAKES; PLASMIDS; POLYSACCHARIDES, BACTERIAL; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; SILICON DIOXIDE; SOLUTIONS; TRANSFORMATION, BACTERIAL;

EID: 68249134253     PISSN: 15311074     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/ast.2007.0185     Document Type: Article

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