In situ biomass production of a hot spring sulfur-turf microbial mat

Microbes and Environments

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 140-143

  Hiroyuki, Kimura ^a   Mori, Kousuke ^a   Nashimoto, Hiroaki ^a   Hanada, Satoshi ^b   Kato, Kenji ^a  

^a SHIZUOKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AIST   (Japan)

Author keywords

Biomass production; Growth rate; Hot spring; Microbial mat; Sulfur turf

Indexed keywords

SULFIDE; SULFUR;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM; BIOMASS; CARBON CYCLE; CHEMISTRY; ECOSYSTEM; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; JAPAN; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; SYNECHOCOCCUS; THERMAL SPRING; TIME;

BACTERIA; BIOMASS; CARBON CYCLE; ECOSYSTEM; HOT SPRINGS; JAPAN; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; SULFIDES; SULFUR; SYNECHOCOCCUS; TIME FACTORS; WATER MICROBIOLOGY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); SYNECHOCOCCUS;

EID: 77954562453     PISSN: 13426311     EISSN: 13426311     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1264/jsme2.ME09181     Document Type: Article

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