Biogeochemical cycling and microbial diversity in the thrombolitic microbialites of Highborne Cay, Bahamas

Geobiology

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 337-354

  MYshrall, K L ^a   Mobberley, J M ^b   Green, S J ^c   Visscher, P T ^a   Havemann, S A ^b   Reid, R P ^d   Foster, J S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^c FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON; DNA; OXYGEN; RIBOSOME DNA; RNA 16S; RNA 18S;

BACTERIUM; BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLE; BIOMINERALIZATION; CARBONATE; CYANOBACTERIUM; DIEL VARIATION; DISSOLVED INORGANIC CARBON; DISSOLVED OXYGEN; GENETIC ANALYSIS; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; MICROBIALITE; PHYLOGENETICS; STROMATOLITE; THROMBOLITE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM; BAHAMAS; BIODIVERSITY; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CYTOLOGY; DNA SEQUENCE; EUKARYOTE; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; SEDIMENT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

BACTERIA; BAHAMAS; BIODIVERSITY; CARBON; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DNA; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; EUKARYOTA; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OXYGEN; PHYLOGENY; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 18S; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY;

ALPHAPROTEOBACTERIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CYANOBACTERIA; DICHOTHRIX; EUKARYOTA;

EID: 77955743699     PISSN: 14724677     EISSN: 14724669     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1472-4669.2010.00245.x     Document Type: Article

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