Prokaryotic Abundance and Community Composition in a Freshwater Iron-Rich Microbial Mat at Circumneutral pH

Geomicrobiology Journal

Volumn 29, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 896-905

  Kato, Shingo ^a,b   Kikuchi, Sakiko ^c   Kashiwabara, Teruhiko ^c,d   Takahashi, Yoshio ^c   Suzuki, Katsuhiko ^d   Itoh, Takashi ^a   Ohkuma, Moriya ^a   Yamagishi, Akihiko ^b  

^a RIKEN BIORESOURCE CENTER   (Japan)

^b TOKYO UNIVERSITY OF PHARMACY AND LIFE SCIENCES   (Japan)

^c HIROSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d JAPAN AGENCY FOR MARINE EARTH SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

freshwater; iron oxidizing bacteria; iron rich microbial mat; mixing zone; yet uncultivated Archaea

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; CLONE; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; FRESHWATER ECOSYSTEM; MICROBIAL MAT; PH; PHYLOGENETICS; PROKARYOTE; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

ARCHAEA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); EPSILONPROTEOBACTERIA; GALLIONELLACEAE; METHYLOCOCCACEAE; METHYLOPHILACEAE; PROKARYOTA; SULFURICURVUM;

EID: 84866465271     PISSN: 01490451     EISSN: 15210529     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01490451.2011.635763     Document Type: Article

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