Endolithic Bacterial Communities in Dolomite and Limestone Rocks from the Nanjiang Canyon in Guizhou Karst Area (China)

Geomicrobiology Journal

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 213-225

  Tang, Yuan ^a,b   Lian, Bin ^a   Dong, Hailiang ^c,d,e   Liu, Dianfeng ^f   Hou, Weiguo ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOCHEMISTRY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^c CHINA UNIVERSITY OF GEOSCIENCES   (China)

^d CHINA UNIVERSITY OF GEOSCIENCES   (China)

^e MIAMI UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f NANJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

16S rRNA gene analysis; bacterial community; diversity; endolithic; karst

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; CYANOBACTERIUM; DOLOMITE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; KARST; LIMESTONE; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; MICROORGANISM; PHYLOGENETICS; RNA;

CHINA; GUIZHOU;

ACIDOBACTERIA; ACTINOBACTERIA; ALPHAPROTEOBACTERIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BETAPROTEOBACTERIA; CHLOROFLEXI; CHLOROFLEXI (CLASS); CYANOBACTERIA; DELTAPROTEOBACTERIA; FIRMICUTES; PLANCTOMYCETES; VERRUCOMICROBIA;

EID: 84855460722     PISSN: 01490451     EISSN: 15210529     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01490451.2011.558560     Document Type: Article

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