Abundance, distribution, and activity of Fe(II)-oxidizing and Fe(III)-reducing microorganisms in hypersaline sediments of Lake Kasin, Southern Russia

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 78, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 4386-4399

  Emmerich, Maren ^a   Bhansali, Ankita ^a   Lösekann Behrens, Tina ^a   Schröder, Christian ^a,b   Kappler, Andreas ^a   Behrens, Sebastian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BAYREUTH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GENES; IRON; IRON COMPOUNDS; IRON OXIDES; LAKES; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA; SALINITY MEASUREMENT; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SEDIMENTS; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

16S RRNA GENE; ARCHAEA; DRY SEDIMENTS; ENRICHMENT CULTURE; HIGH SALINITY; HYPERSALINE; HYPERSALINE ENVIRONMENT; IRON CYCLE; IRON METABOLISM; METABOLIC ACTIVITY; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; MICROBIAL METABOLISM; MICROBIAL PROCESS; NATURAL HABITAT; NITRATE REDUCTION; OSMOTIC CONDITIONS; PHYLOGENETIC DIVERSITY; QUANTITATIVE REAL TIME PCR; SALT CONCENTRATION; SALT LAKES; SEDIMENT LAYERS; SOLUBILITY LIMITS;

BACTERIA;

ABUNDANCE; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; HYPERSALINE ENVIRONMENT; IRON-REDUCING BACTERIUM; LACUSTRINE DEPOSIT; METABOLISM; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; OSMOSIS; PH; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHYLOGENETICS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROKARYOTE; REAL TIME; SALINE LAKE; SALINITY; SEDIMENTARY SEQUENCE; SODIUM CHLORIDE; SOLUBILITY;

ASTRAKHAN; LAKE KASIN; RUSSIAN FEDERATION;

BACILLI (CLASS); BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); DESULFOSPOROSINUS; HALOBACULUM GOMORRENSE;

EID: 84864098871     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.07637-11     Document Type: Article

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