Spatial bacterial diversity in a recent freshwater tufa deposit

Geomicrobiology Journal

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 275-291

  Cousin, Sylvie ^a   Stackebrandt, Erko ^a  

^a LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE DSMZ GERMAN COLLECTION OF MICROORGANISMS AND CELL CULTURES   (Germany)

Author keywords

Biofilm; Community structure; Subsurface microbiology

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM; BIOFILM; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; DOMINANCE; GEOMICROBIOLOGY; METABOLISM; RNA; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS; STROMATOLITE; TUFA;

GERMANY; LOWER SAXONY; WESTERHOFER BACH;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BACTEROIDETES; CYANOBACTERIA; PROKARYOTA; PROTEOBACTERIA;

EID: 77952918930     PISSN: 01490451     EISSN: 15210529     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01490450903410449     Document Type: Article

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