Microbiology and geochemistry of Little Hot Creek, a hot spring environment in the Long Valley Caldera

Geobiology

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 140-154

  Vick, T J ^a,c   Dodsworth, J A ^a   Costa, K C ^a,d   Shock, E L ^b   Hedlund, B P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

^b ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEAL DNA; BACTERIAL DNA; RNA 16S;

DNA; GENE; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; RNA; SPRING WATER; TAXONOMY; THERMAL SPRING; THERMODYNAMICS; WATER CHEMISTRY;

ARCHAEBACTERIUM; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; DNA SEQUENCE; ECOSYSTEM; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; RNA GENE; SEDIMENT; THERMAL SPRING; THERMODYNAMICS; UNITED STATES;

ARCHAEA; BACTERIA; CALIFORNIA; DNA, ARCHAEAL; DNA, BACTERIAL; ECOSYSTEM; GENES, RRNA; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; HOT SPRINGS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; THERMODYNAMICS;

CALIFORNIA; GREAT BASIN; LONG VALLEY CALDERA; UNITED STATES;

AQUIFICAE; AQUIFICAE (CLASS); ARCHAEA; ARCHAEOGLOBALES; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CRENARCHAEOTA; DESULFUROCOCCALES; THERMODESULFOBACTERIA;

EID: 76549093296     PISSN: 14724677     EISSN: 14724669     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1472-4669.2009.00228.x     Document Type: Article

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