Community genomic analysis of an extremely acidophilic sulfur-oxidizing biofilm

ISME Journal

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 158-170

  Jones, Daniel S ^a   Albrecht, Heidi L ^a   Dawson, Katherine S ^a   Schaperdoth, Irene ^a   Freeman, Katherine H ^a   Pi, Yundan ^b   Pearson, Ann ^b   MacAlady, Jennifer L ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Acidimicrobium; Acidithiobacillus; acidophile; metagenomics; pyrosequencing; Thermoplasmatales

Indexed keywords

NITROGEN; SULFUR;

BACTERIUM; BIOFILM; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; CLADISTICS; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; FUNCTIONAL MORPHOLOGY; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENOMICS; GEOCHEMICAL METHOD; LIPID; MEASUREMENT METHOD; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; NITROGEN FIXATION; OXIDATION; POPULATION STRUCTURE; SULFUR;

ACIDITHIOBACILLUS; ACIDITHIOBACILLUS THIOOXIDANS; ACTINOBACTERIA; ARTICLE; BIOFILM; CAVE; CLASSIFICATION; EURYARCHAEOTA; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; ITALY; METABOLISM; METAGENOMICS; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PHOTOTROPHY; PHYSIOLOGY;

ACIDITHIOBACILLUS; ACIDITHIOBACILLUS THIOOXIDANS; ACTINOBACTERIA; BIOFILMS; CAVES; EURYARCHAEOTA; ITALY; METAGENOMICS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NITROGEN; PHOTOTROPHIC PROCESSES; SULFUR;

ACIDIMICROBIACEAE; ACIDIMICROBIUM; ACIDITHIOBACILLUS; ACIDITHIOBACILLUS THIOOXIDANS; ARCHAEA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); THERMOPLASMATALES;

EID: 84355162257     PISSN: 17517362     EISSN: 17517370     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ismej.2011.75     Document Type: Article

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