Influence of seasonal and geochemical changes on the geomicrobiology of an iron carbonate mineral Water spring

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 78, Issue 20, 2012, Pages 7185-7196

  Hegler, Florian ^a   Lösekann Behrens, Tina ^a   Hanselmann, Kurt ^a,b,c   Behrens, Sebastian ^a   Kappler, Andreas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c Swiss i Research and Training   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

16S RRNA GENE; 16S RRNA GENE SEQUENCE; BANDING PATTERNS; BIOGEOCHEMICAL PROCESS; CRYSTALLINITIES; DENATURING GRADIENT GEL ELECTROPHORESES (DGGE); DISSOLVED IRON; FERRIHYDRITES; FLOW CHANNELS; FLOW PATH; GEOCHEMICAL ANALYSIS; GEOCHEMICAL CHANGES; GEOCHEMICAL CONDITIONS; GEOMICROBIOLOGY; MICROBIAL COMMUNITIES; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY ANALYSIS; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; MICROBIAL DIVERSITY; MICROBIAL MATS; MINERAL WATER; QUANTITATIVE PCR; SEASONAL CHANGES; SPRING-IN; SSBAUER SPECTROSCOPIES; SWISS ALPS;

ANALYTICAL GEOCHEMISTRY; BEVERAGES; CALCIUM CARBONATE; CARBONATE MINERALS; CHANNEL FLOW; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; ELECTROPHORESIS; IRON COMPOUNDS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA; SPRINGS (WATER); WATER; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

MICROORGANISMS;

BACTERIAL DNA; CARBONIC ACID DERIVATIVE; IRON; MINERAL WATER; OXYGEN; RIBOSOME DNA; RNA 16S;

CRYSTALLINITY; GEOCHEMICAL SURVEY; GEOMICROBIOLOGY; IRON; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; MOSSBAUER SPECTROSCOPY; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPRING (SEASON); X-RAY DIFFRACTION;

ARTICLE; BIOTA; CHEMISTRY; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DENATURING GRADIENT GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; DNA FINGERPRINTING; DNA SEQUENCE; GENETICS; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MOSSBAUER SPECTROSCOPY; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; SEASON; SWITZERLAND; THERMAL SPRING; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

BIOTA; CARBONATES; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DENATURING GRADIENT GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; DNA FINGERPRINTING; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; HOT SPRINGS; IRON; MINERAL WATERS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OXYGEN; PHYLOGENY; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEASONS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SPECTROSCOPY, MOSSBAUER; SWITZERLAND; X-RAY DIFFRACTION;

ALPS; SWITZERLAND;

CYANOBACTERIA; GALLIONELLA;

EID: 84868381587     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.01440-12     Document Type: Article

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