Comparison of Bacterial Diversity in Azorean and Hawai'ian Lava Cave Microbial Mats

Geomicrobiology Journal

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 205-220

  Hathaway, Jennifer J Marshall ^a   Garcia, Matthew G ^a   Balasch, Monica Moya ^a   Spilde, Michael N ^a   Stone, Fred D ^b   Dapkevicius, Maria De Lurdes N E ^c   Amorim, Isabel R ^c   Gabriel, Rosalina ^c   Borges, Paulo A V ^c   Northup, Diana E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF THE AZORES   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Azores; Hawai'i; lava cave; microbial communities

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM; BIOGEOGRAPHY; CAVE; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; MICROBIAL MAT; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

AZORES; HAWAII [(ISL) HAWAIIAN ISLANDS]; HAWAII [UNITED STATES]; HAWAIIAN ISLANDS; PORTUGAL; TERCEIRA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84893270116     PISSN: 01490451     EISSN: 15210529     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01490451.2013.777491     Document Type: Article

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