Low temperature S0 biomineralization at a supraglacial spring system in the Canadian High Arctic

Geobiology

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 360-375

  Gleeson, D F ^a   Williamson, C ^b   Grasby, S E ^c   Pappalardo, R T ^a   Spear, J R ^b   Templeton, A S ^c,d  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b Department of Geology and Geological Engineering   (United States)

^c GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RNA 16S; SULFUR;

AGAR; AQUEOUS SOLUTION; BIOMINERALIZATION; CLONE; CULTIVAR; GLACIOCHEMISTRY; ICE COVER; LOW TEMPERATURE; MICROSCOPY; OXYGEN; SPRING (SEASON); SULFUR;

ARCTIC; ARTICLE; CANADA; CHEMISTRY; COLD; GENE LIBRARY; GENETICS; ICE COVER; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MARINOBACTER; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; PISCIRICKETTSIACEAE; RALSTONIA;

ARCTIC REGIONS; COLD TEMPERATURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY; GENE LIBRARY; ICE COVER; MARINOBACTER; NUNAVUT; PISCIRICKETTSIACEAE; RALSTONIA; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SULFUR;

CANADA; CANADIAN ARCTIC; ELLESMERE ISLAND; NUNAVUT; QUEEN ELIZABETH ISLANDS;

BETAPROTEOBACTERIA; DEVOSIA; EPSILONPROTEOBACTERIA; FLAVOBACTERIA; FLAVOBACTERIUM; LOKTANELLA; MARINOBACTER; MARINOBACTER SP.; RALSTONIA; RALSTONIA SP.; RUBROBACTER; SHEWANELLA; SPHINGOMONAS; SPHINGOMONAS SP.; THIOMICROSPIRA; THIOMICROSPIRA SP.;

EID: 79959359420     PISSN: 14724677     EISSN: 14724669     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1472-4669.2011.00283.x     Document Type: Article

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