Contribution of deep dark fixation processes to overall CO2 incorporation and large vertical changes of microbial populations in stratified karstic lakes

Aquatic Sciences

Volumn 74, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 61-75

  Casamayor, Emilio O ^a   Llirós, Marc ^b,c   Picazo, Antonio ^d   Barberán, Albert ^a   Borrego, Carles M ^b   Camacho, Antonio ^d  

^a CENTRE D ESTUDIS AVANÇATS DE BLANES CEAB CSIC   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GIRONA   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NAMUR   (Belgium)

^d UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

16S rRNA; Archaea; Bacteria; Dark carbon fixation; DGGE; Karstic lakes; Photosynthetic sulfur bacteria; Primary production

Indexed keywords

ANOXIC CONDITIONS; BACTERIUM; CARBON DIOXIDE; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; DARK; GENETIC ANALYSIS; KARST; LAKE; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; MICROSCOPY; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHYLOGENETICS; POPULATION STRUCTURE; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; REDOX POTENTIAL; VERTICAL PROFILE; WATER MASS;

SPAIN;

ACTINOBACTERIA; ARCHAEA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BACTEROIDALES; BACTEROIDETES; BETAPROTEOBACTERIA; CHLOROBIACEAE; CHROMATIACEAE; CYANOBACTERIA; DELTAPROTEOBACTERIA; FLAVOBACTERIA; FLAVOBACTERIALES; GAMMAPROTEOBACTERIA; RHODOFERAX; SAPROSPIRACEAE;

EID: 84855335873     PISSN: 10151621     EISSN: 14209055     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00027-011-0196-5     Document Type: Article

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