Molecular diversity of phototrophic biofilms on building stone

FEMS Microbiology Ecology

Volumn 84, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 355-372

  Hallmann, Christine ^a   Stannek, Lorena ^b   Fritzlar, Diana ^b   Hause Reitner, Dorothea ^b   Friedl, Thomas ^a,b   Hoppert, Michael ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

18S rRNA gene; Cyanobacteria; Environmental sample; Green algae; Scanning electron microscopy

Indexed keywords

BUILDING STONE; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; CYANOBACTERIUM; DOMINANCE; GREEN ALGA; MEDIEVAL; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; PHOTOAUTOTROPHY; RADIATION BALANCE; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SPECIES DIVERSITY; WEATHERING;

ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; BIOFILM; CLASSIFICATION; CYANOBACTERIUM; DIATOM; GENETICS; GERMANY; GREEN ALGA; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; PHOTOTROPHY; RNA GENE; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

BIODIVERSITY; BIOFILMS; CHLOROPHYTA; CYANOBACTERIA; DIATOMS; ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY; GENES, RRNA; GERMANY; PHOTOTROPHIC PROCESSES;

ALGAE; APATOCOCCUS; BACILLARIOPHYTA; BRACTEACOCCUS; CHLOROPHYCEAE; CHLOROPHYTA; COCCOIDEA; CYANOBACTERIA; LEPTOLYNGBYA; PHYLLOSIPHON; PRASIOCOCCUS; STICHOCOCCUS; SYNECHOCOCCUS; TREBOUXIA; TREBOUXIOPHYCEAE;

EID: 84876104595     PISSN: 01686496     EISSN: 15746941     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1574-6941.12065     Document Type: Article

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