Microbial communities in fluid inclusions and long-term survival in halite

GSA Today

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 4-9

  Lowenstein, Tim K ^a   Schubert, Brian A ^a,b   Timofeeff, Michael N ^a  

^a BINGHAMTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY DYNAMICS; FLUID INCLUSION; HALITE; METABOLITE; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; PROKARYOTE; SURVIVAL;

ALGAE; DUNALIELLA; EUKARYOTA; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 78650923646     PISSN: 10525173     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/GSATG81A.1     Document Type: Article

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