Cyanobacterial construction of hot spring siliceous stromatolites in Yellowstone National Park

Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 14, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 1182-1197

  Pepe Ranney, Charles ^a   Berelson, William M ^b   Corsetti, Frank A ^b   Treants, Merika ^c   Spear, John R ^a  

^a Department of Geology and Geological Engineering   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RNA 16S;

ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; CYANOBACTERIUM; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PHYSIOLOGY; THERMAL SPRING; UNITED STATES;

BIODIVERSITY; CYANOBACTERIA; HOT SPRINGS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; WYOMING;

CHLOROGLOEOPSIS SP. PCC 7518; CYANOBACTERIA; FISCHERELLA;

EID: 84859989795     PISSN: 14622912     EISSN: 14622920     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1462-2920.2012.02698.x     Document Type: Article

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