The sulfate-rich and extreme saline sediment of the ephemeral Tirez Lagoon: A biotope for acetoclastic sulfate-reducing bacteria and hydrogenotrophic methanogenic archaea

International Journal of Microbiology

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages

  Montoya, Lilia ^a,b   Lozada Chávez, Irma ^c   Amils, Ricardo ^b,d   Rodriguez, Nuria ^d   Marín, Irma ^b  

^a INSTITUTO POTOSINO DE INVESTIGACIÓN CIENTÍFICA Y TECNOLÓGICA   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG   (Germany)

^d INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE TÉCNICA AEROESPACIAL   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); DESULFOBACTERACEAE; DESULFOHALOBIACEAE; ECTOTHIORHODOSPIRACEAE; FIRMICUTES; METHANOMICROBIACEAE; METHANOSARCINACEAE; PEPTOCOCCACEAE; PROKARYOTA; PROTEOBACTERIA;

EID: 81555203166     PISSN: 1687918X     EISSN: 16879198     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/2011/753758     Document Type: Article

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