Bacteria and diatom co-occurrence patterns in microbial mats from polar desert streams

Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 1115-1131

  Stanish, Lee F ^a   O'Neill, Sean P ^a   Gonzalez, Antonio ^b   Legg, Teresa M ^a   Knelman, Joseph ^a   Mcknight, Diane M ^b   Spaulding, Sarah ^a   Nemergut, Diana R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b UCB 450   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLYL COMPOUND; METHYLALLYL TRISULFIDE; SULFIDE;

ANTARCTICA; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM; BIOTA; CLASSIFICATION; CYANOBACTERIUM; DIATOM; ECOLOGY; ECOSYSTEM; GENETICS; MICROBIOLOGY; PARASITOLOGY; PHYLOGENY; RIVER; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ALLYL COMPOUNDS; ANTARCTIC REGIONS; BACTERIA; BIOTA; CYANOBACTERIA; DIATOMS; ECOLOGY; ECOSYSTEM; PHYLOGENY; RIVERS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; SULFIDES;

BACILLARIOPHYTA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CYANOBACTERIA;

EID: 84875905621     PISSN: 14622912     EISSN: 14622920     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1462-2920.2012.02872.x     Document Type: Article

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