The epsomitic phototrophic microbial mat of Hot Lake, Washington: Community structural responses to seasonal cycling

Frontiers in Microbiology

Volumn 4, Issue NOV, 2013, Pages

  Lindemann, Stephen R ^a   Moran, James J ^a   Stegen, James C ^a   Renslow, Ryan S ^b   Hutchison, Janine R ^a   Cole, Jessica K ^a   Dohnalkova, Alice C ^b   Tremblay, Julien ^c   Singh, Kanwar ^c   Malfatti, Stephanie A ^c   Chen, Feng ^c   Tringe, Susannah G ^c   Beyenal, Haluk ^d   Fredrickson, James K ^a  

^a PACIFIC NORTHWEST NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b PACIFIC NORTHWEST NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^d Washington State University   (United States)

Author keywords

16S tag sequencing; Community assembly; Hot Lake; Magnesium sulfate; Microbial diversity; Phototrophic microbial mats; Phylogenetic turnover; Seasonal cycling

Indexed keywords

CHLOROPHYLL A; LAKE WATER; MAGNESIUM ION; PHYCOCYANIN; RNA 16S; SULFUR;

ALPHAPROTEOBACTERIA; ARTICLE; CYANOBACTERIUM; DELTAPROTEOBACTERIA; ECOSYSTEM; GAMMAPROTEOBACTERIA; GEOCHEMICAL ANALYSIS; LAKE; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; MICROBIAL MAT; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; PHOTOTROPHY; PHYLOGENETIC TREE; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA SEQUENCE; SALINITY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SEASONAL VARIATION; TEMPERATURE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84890256295     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1664302X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2013.00323     Document Type: Article

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