Discriminating the role of photosynthetic and heterotrophic microbes triggering low-Mg calcite precipitation in freshwater biofilms (Lake Geneva, Switzerland)

Geomicrobiology Journal

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 391-399

  Plée, Karine ^a   Pacton, Muriel ^a,b   Ariztegui, Daniel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

^b ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Cyanobacteria; Exopolymeric substances; Freshwater ooid; Green algae; Microbial carbonate

Indexed keywords

CYANOBACTERIUM; GEOMICROBIOLOGY; GREEN ALGA; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; OOID; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

LAKE GENEVA;

BACILLARIOPHYTA; CHLOROPHYTA; CYANOBACTERIA;

EID: 77953644059     PISSN: 01490451     EISSN: 15210529     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01490450903451526     Document Type: Article

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