Dynamic cyanobacterial response to hydration and dehydration in a desert biological soil crust

ISME Journal

Volumn 7, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 2178-2191

  Rajeev, Lara ^a   Da Rocha, Ulisses Nunes ^a   Klitgord, Niels ^a   Luning, Eric G ^a   Fortney, Julian ^a   Axen, Seth D ^a   Shih, Patrick M ^a   Bouskill, Nicholas J ^a   Bowen, Benjamin P ^a   Kerfeld, Cheryl A ^a   Garcia Pichel, Ferran ^a,b   Brodie, Eoin L ^a   Northen, Trent R ^a   Mukhopadhyay, Aindrila ^a  

^a LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

biological soil crust; desiccation survival; dormancy; Microcoleus vaginatus; pulsed activity event; resuscitation

Indexed keywords

WATER;

CYANOBACTERIUM; DEHYDRATION; DESERT; DESICCATION; DORMANCY; HYDRATION; METABOLISM; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; SOIL CRUST; WETTING;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENOME; CHEMISTRY; CYANOBACTERIUM; DEHYDRATION; DESERT CLIMATE; DRUG EFFECT; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; LIGHT; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHYSIOLOGICAL STRESS; PHYSIOLOGY; RADIATION EXPOSURE; SOIL; TIME;

CYANOBACTERIA; DEHYDRATION; DESERT CLIMATE; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENOME, BACTERIAL; LIGHT; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; SOIL; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL; TIME FACTORS; WATER;

CYANOBACTERIA; MICROCOLEUS VAGINATUS;

EID: 84886726844     PISSN: 17517362     EISSN: 17517370     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ismej.2013.83     Document Type: Article

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