Linking phylogenetic and functional diversity to nutrient spiraling in microbial mats from Lower Kane Cave (USA)

ISME Journal

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 98-110

  Engel, Annette Summers ^a   Meisinger, Daniela B ^b   Porter, Megan L ^c   Payn, Robert A ^d   Schmid, Michael ^e   Stern, Libby A ^f   Schleifer, K H ^b   Lee, Natuschka M ^b  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BALTIMORE COUNTY   (United States)

^d MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e INSTITUTE OF EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Germany)

^f FBI LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Biogeochemistry; Geomicrobiology; Microbial diversity; Microbial mats; Nutrient spiraling; Redox; Subsurface

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEAL DNA; BACTERIAL DNA; CARBON; RIBOSOME DNA; RNA 16S; SULFATE; SULFIDE; WATER;

ANAEROBIC BACTERIUM; ARCHAEBACTERIUM; ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DNA SEQUENCE; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; METAGENOMICS; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; PHYLOGENY; SEDIMENT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; UNITED STATES;

ARCHAEA; BACTERIA, ANAEROBIC; BIODIVERSITY; CARBON; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DNA, ARCHAEAL; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION, FLUORESCENCE; METAGENOMICS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; PHYLOGENY; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, NUCLEIC ACID; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY; SULFATES; SULFIDES; WATER; WYOMING;

ARCHAEA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CHLOROFLEXI; CHLOROFLEXI (CLASS); DELTAPROTEOBACTERIA; EPSILONPROTEOBACTERIA; GAMMAPROTEOBACTERIA;

EID: 73449134067     PISSN: 17517362     EISSN: 17517370     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ismej.2009.91     Document Type: Article

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