Subseafloor basalts as fungal habitats

Biogeosciences

Volumn 9, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 3625-3635

  Ivarsson, M ^a  

^a SWEDISH MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BASALT; BIOFILM; CALCITE; CARBONATE; FOSSILIZATION; FUNGUS; HABITAT AVAILABILITY; MEMBRANE; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; MINERALIZATION; MORPHOLOGY; SPORE;

PACIFIC OCEAN;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); FUNGI;

EID: 84868631757     PISSN: 17264170     EISSN: 17264189     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/bg-9-3625-2012     Document Type: Article

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