An unusual cyanobacterium from saline thermal waters with relatives from unexpected habitats

Extremophiles

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 707-716

  Banerjee, Meenakshi ^a   Everroad, R Craig ^b   Castenholz, Richard W ^b  

^a BARKATULLAH UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

Author keywords

Cyanobacteria; Endolith; Greenland; Halophile; Iceland; Leptolyngbya; Thermophile; Yellowstone

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; RNA 16S; SEA WATER; SILICON DIOXIDE;

ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; CHEMISTRY; CYANOBACTERIUM; GENETICS; GREENLAND; HEAT; ICELAND; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; PHYLOGENY; PHYSIOLOGY; TEMPERATURE; THEORETICAL MODEL; THERMAL SPRING; TIME;

BIODIVERSITY; CYANOBACTERIA; DNA, BACTERIAL; GREENLAND; HOT SPRINGS; HOT TEMPERATURE; ICELAND; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PHYLOGENY; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEAWATER; SILICON DIOXIDE; TEMPERATURE; TIME FACTORS; WATER MICROBIOLOGY;

CYANOBACTERIA; LEPTOLYNGBYA;

EID: 70349446791     PISSN: 14310651     EISSN: 14334909     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00792-009-0258-y     Document Type: Article

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