Microbial diversity of boron-rich volcanic hot springs of St. Lucia, Lesser Antilles

FEMS Microbiology Ecology

Volumn 70, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 402-412

  Stout, Lisa M ^a,d   Blake, Ruth E ^a   Greenwood, James P ^b   Martini, Anna M ^c   Rose, Eben C ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c AMHERST COLLEGE   (United States)

^d SOUTHERN CONNECTICUT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Boron; Extreme environments; Geochemistry; Microbial communities; Sulfur springs

Indexed keywords

BORON; RIBOSOME RNA; SULFATE;

ARCHEAN; BORON; GEOCHEMISTRY; HIGH TEMPERATURE; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; NUCLEIC ACID ANALYSIS; PH; SULFATE; THERMAL SPRING; VOLCANIC LANDFORM;

ACIDIANUS; AQUIFICALES; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; GEOCHEMISTRY; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; MICROBIAL DIVERSITY; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THERMAL SPRING;

ARCHAEA; BACTERIA; BIODIVERSITY; BORON; DNA, ARCHAEAL; DNA, BACTERIAL; HOT SPRINGS; PHYLOGENY; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SAINT LUCIA; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

ATLANTIC ISLANDS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; CARIBBEAN ISLANDS; LESSER ANTILLES; SAINT LUCIA; WINDWARD ISLANDS [LESSER ANTILLES];

ACIDIANUS; AQUIFICALES; ARCHAEA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 70449106265     PISSN: 01686496     EISSN: 15746941     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6941.2009.00780.x     Document Type: Article

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