Microbial and functional diversity of a subterrestrial high pH groundwater associated to serpentinization

Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 1687-1706

  Tiago, Igor ^a,b   Veríssimo, António ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COIMBRA   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COIMBRA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GROUND WATER; RNA 16S;

ARCHAEAL GENE; ARCHAEON; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL LOAD; BACTERIUM; BIODIVERSITY; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PH; PHYLOGENY; PORTUGAL;

ARCHAEA; BACTERIA; BACTERIAL LOAD; BIODIVERSITY; GENES, ARCHAEAL; GENES, BACTERIAL; GROUNDWATER; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; PORTUGAL; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S;

ACIDOBACTERIA; ACTINOBACTERIA; ALPHAPROTEOBACTERIA; ARCHAEA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BACTEROIDETES; BETAPROTEOBACTERIA; CHLOROFLEXI; CHLOROFLEXI (CLASS); CLOSTRIDIA; DEINOCOCCI; EURYARCHAEOTA; GAMMAPROTEOBACTERIA; NITROSPIRA;

EID: 84878633275     PISSN: 14622912     EISSN: 14622920     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1462-2920.12034     Document Type: Article

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