Biomarkers of endolithic communities within gypsum crusts (Southern Tunisia)

Geomicrobiology Journal

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 101-110

  Stivaletta, Nunzia ^a   Ĺopez Garćia, Purificacíon ^b   Boihem, Larry ^c   Millie, David F ^d   Barbieri, Roberto ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SUD   (France)

^c U S DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Endoliths; Gypsum crusts; Sahara desert; Spring mounds

Indexed keywords

ARID ENVIRONMENT; BIOMARKER; CAROTENOID; CHLOROPHYLL A; COLONIZATION; ENDOLITHON; EVAPORITE; GYPSUM; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; RNA;

SAHARA; TUNISIA;

ACTINOBACTERIA; CYANOBACTERIA; DEINOCOCCALES; FLAVOBACTERIA; GAMMAPROTEOBACTERIA;

EID: 74349091515     PISSN: 01490451     EISSN: 15210529     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01490450903410431     Document Type: Article

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