Microbial species richness and metabolic activities in hypersaline microbial mats: Insight into biosignature formation through lithification

Astrobiology

Volumn 9, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 861-874

  Baumgartner, Laura K ^a,b   Dupraz, Christophe ^a,c   Buckley, Daniel H ^d   Spear, John R ^e   Pace, Norman R ^b   Visscher, Pieter T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEUCHÂTEL   (Switzerland)

^d Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^e Department of Geology and Geological Engineering   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RNA 16S;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM; BAHAMAS; BIODIVERSITY; DNA SEQUENCE; ENVIRONMENT; GENE LIBRARY; GENETICS; GEOGRAPHY; LIGHT; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PH; RADIATION EXPOSURE; SALINITY; SEDIMENT; TEMPERATURE; TIME;

BACTERIA; BAHAMAS; BASE SEQUENCE; BIODIVERSITY; ENVIRONMENT; GENE LIBRARY; GEOGRAPHY; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; LIGHT; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SALINITY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; TEMPERATURE; TIME FACTORS; WATER MICROBIOLOGY;

ALPHAPROTEOBACTERIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CHLOROFLEXI; CHLOROFLEXI (CLASS); CYANOBACTERIA; PLANCTOMYCETES; SPIROCHAETALES; SPIROCHAETES;

EID: 72449189146     PISSN: 15311074     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/ast.2008.0329     Document Type: Article

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