Isotopic biosignatures in carbonate-rich, cyanobacteria-dominated microbial mats of the Cariboo Plateau, B.C.

Geobiology

Volumn 11, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 437-456

  Brady, A L ^a,e   Druschel, G ^b   Leoni, L ^a   Lim, D S S ^c,d   Slater, G F ^a  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NASA AMES RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^d SETI INSTITUTE   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALKALINITY; AUTOTROPHY; BACTERIUM; BIOMARKER; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON ISOTOPE; CARBONATE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); CYANOBACTERIUM; DISSOLVED INORGANIC CARBON; LAKE WATER; MICROBIAL MAT; PHOSPHOLIPID; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; SALINITY; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

CARIBOO MOUNTAINS; COLUMBIA MOUNTAINS;

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; CARBON; CARBONIC ACID DERIVATIVE; FATTY ACID; PHOSPHOLIPID;

ARTICLE; BIOFILM; CANADA; CHEMISTRY; CYANOBACTERIUM; LAKE; MASS FRAGMENTOGRAPHY; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SALINITY; SEASON; SEDIMENT;

BIOFILMS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BRITISH COLUMBIA; CARBON ISOTOPES; CARBONATES; CYANOBACTERIA; FATTY ACIDS; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; LAKES; PHOSPHOLIPIDS; SALINITY; SEASONS;

EID: 84882258684     PISSN: 14724677     EISSN: 14724669     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/gbi.12050     Document Type: Article

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