Molecular and lipid biomarker analysis of a gypsum-hosted endoevaporitic microbial community

Geobiology

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 62-82

  Jahnke, L L ^a   Turk Kubo, K A ^b,d   N Parenteau, M ^a,b   Green, S J ^a,e   Kubo, M D Y ^b   Vogel, M ^a   Summons, R E ^c   Des Marais, D J ^a  

^a NASA AMES RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b SETI INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BIOMARKER; CHLOROPHYLL; FATTY ACID; GYPSUM; LIPID; MEMBRANE; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; PRECAMBRIAN; RNA;

BAJA CALIFORNIA SUR; GUERRERO NEGRO; MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA];

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; CALCIUM SULFATE; DNA; LIPID;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; DNA SEQUENCE; GENETICS; MEXICO; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; SEDIMENT;

BACTERIA; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CALCIUM SULFATE; DNA; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; LIPIDS; MEXICO; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

EID: 84890201291     PISSN: 14724677     EISSN: 14724669     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/gbi.12068     Document Type: Article

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