Microbial diversity of eolian dust sources from saline lake sediments and biological soil crusts in arid Southern Australia

FEMS Microbiology Ecology

Volumn 80, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 294-304

  Abed, Raeid M M ^a,b   Ramette, Alban ^a   Hübner, Vera ^a   De Deckker, Patrick ^c   de Beer, Dirk ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR MARINE MICROBIOLOGY   (Germany)

^b SULTAN QABOOS UNIVERSITY   (Oman)

^c AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Aerosols; ARISA; Cyanobacteria; Firmicutes; Nutrients; Pyrosequencing

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL COMPOSITION; ARID REGION; ATMOSPHERIC PLUME; BACTERIUM; CYANOBACTERIUM; DISPERSAL; EOLIAN DEPOSIT; LACUSTRINE DEPOSIT; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; SOIL SURFACE; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

ACTINOBACTERIA; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BACTERIUM; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; CYANOBACTERIUM; DNA FINGERPRINTING; DUST; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; LAKE; MICROBIAL CONSORTIUM; MICROBIOLOGY; SALINITY; SEDIMENT;

ACTINOBACTERIA; BACTERIA; CYANOBACTERIA; DNA FINGERPRINTING; DUST; GENETIC VARIATION; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; LAKES; MICROBIAL CONSORTIA; SALINITY; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY; SOUTH AUSTRALIA; WATER MICROBIOLOGY;

AUSTRALIA;

ACTINOBACTERIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CYANOBACTERIA; FIRMICUTES; NOSTOCALES;

EID: 84859573779     PISSN: 01686496     EISSN: 15746941     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6941.2011.01289.x     Document Type: Article

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