Diversity of the communities of acidophilic chemolithotrophic microorganisms in natural and technogenic ecosystems

Microbiology

Volumn 81, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 1-24

  Kondrat'eva, T F ^a   Pivovarova, T A ^a   Tsaplina, I A ^a   Fomchenko, N V ^a   Zhuravleva, A E ^a   Murav'ev, M I ^a   Melamud, V S ^a   Bulayev, A G ^a  

^a WINOGRADSKY INSTITUTE OF MICROBIOLOGY   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

acidophilic chemolithotrophs; aeration level; chromosomal DNA structure; energy substrate; genetic intraspecific heterogeneity; IS elements; microbial communities; plasmids; technological conditions; temperature

Indexed keywords

EID: 84857133582     PISSN: 00262617     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1134/S0026261712010080     Document Type: Review

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