Cyanobacterial diversity and activity in modern conical microbialites

Geobiology

Volumn 10, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 384-401

  Bosak, T ^a   Liang, B ^a,b   Wu, T D ^c,d   Templer, S P ^a,e   Evans, A ^a   Vali, H ^f   Guerquin Kern, J L ^c,d   Klepac Ceraj, V ^g,h   Sim, M S ^a   Mui, J ^f  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b INSTITUTE OF EARTH SCIENCES   (Taiwan)

^c INSERM   (France)

^d INSTITUT CURIE   (France)

^e F HOFFMANN LA ROCHE LTD   (Switzerland)

^f MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^g FORSYTH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^h WELLESLEY COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; CARBON; RIBOSOME DNA; RNA 16S;

CYANOBACTERIUM; GEOLOGICAL RECORD; GROWTH RATE; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; MICROBIAL MAT; MICROBIALITE; MORPHOLOGY; PERSISTENCE; POND; SILICA; SPECIES DIVERSITY; STROMATOLITE; THERMAL WATER; TOPOGRAPHY;

ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CYANOBACTERIUM; DNA SEQUENCE; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHYLOGENY; SEDIMENT; UNITED STATES;

BIODIVERSITY; CARBON; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CYANOBACTERIA; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHYLOGENY; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; UNITED STATES;

UNITED STATES; YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK;

CYANOBACTERIA;

EID: 84865331476     PISSN: 14724677     EISSN: 14724669     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1472-4669.2012.00334.x     Document Type: Article

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