Analysis of early bacterial communities on volcanic deposits on the island of Miyake (Miyake-jima), Japan: A 6-year study at a fixed site

Microbes and Environments

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 19-29

  Fujimura, Reiko ^a,b,f   Sato, Yoshinori ^b,g   Nishizawa, Tomoyasu ^b,h   Nanba, Kenji ^c   Oshima, Kenshiro ^d   Hattori, Masahira ^d   Kamijo, Takashi ^e   Ohta, Hiroyuki ^a,b  

^a TOKYO UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^b IBARAKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c FUKUSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

^f JAPAN SOCIETY FOR THE PROMOTION OF SCIENCE   (Japan)

^g Independent Administrative Institution National Research Institute for Cultural Properties Tokyo   (Japan)

^h UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Acidithiobacillus; Chemolithotrophs; Early ecosystem; Leptospirillum; Volcanic deposit

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; RNA 16S;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM; BIODIVERSITY; CLASSIFICATION; GENETICS; GEOGRAPHY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; JAPAN; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PHYLOGENY; SEDIMENT; VOLCANO;

BACTERIA; BIODIVERSITY; DNA, BACTERIAL; GEOGRAPHY; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; JAPAN; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; VOLCANIC ERUPTIONS;

ACIDITHIOBACILLUS; ACIDITHIOBACILLUS FERROOXIDANS; ACIDOPHILES; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); LEPTOSPIRILLUM;

EID: 84858775649     PISSN: 13426311     EISSN: 13474405     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1264/jsme2.ME11207     Document Type: Article

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