Lipid biomarkers in Hamelin Pool microbial mats and stromatolites

Organic Geochemistry

Volumn 41, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 1207-1218

  Allen, Michelle A ^a   Neilan, Brett A ^a   Burns, Brendan P ^a   Jahnke, Linda L ^b,c   Summons, Roger E ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b NASA AMES RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^c NASA HEADQUARTERS   (United States)

^d MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEA; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; HAMELIN; HETEROTROPHIC BACTERIAS; HIGH TEMPERATURE; HIGHER PLANTS; LIPID BIOMARKERS; LIPID PROFILE; MICROBIAL COMMUNITIES; MICROBIAL MATS; PHOTOTROPIC BACTERIUM; SULFATE REDUCING BACTERIA; TRITERPENOIDS; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

BACTERIOLOGY; BIOMARKERS; ESTERS; ETHERS; FATTY ACIDS; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; LAKES; LIPIDS; MASS SPECTROMETRY;

MICROORGANISMS;

BACTERIUM; BIOMARKER; CYANOBACTERIUM; DIATOM; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; LIPID; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; MICROBIAL MAT; POOL; STROMATOLITE;

AUSTRALIA; HAMELIN BAY; SHARK BAY; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

BACILLARIOPHYTA; CHONDRICHTHYES; CYANOBACTERIA; EMBRYOPHYTA;

EID: 77957857556     PISSN: 01466380     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.orggeochem.2010.07.007     Document Type: Article

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