Fluorescent fingerprints of endolithic phototrophic cyanobacteria living within halite rocks in the atacama desert

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 80, Issue 10, 2014, Pages 2998-3006

  Roldan M ^a   Ascaso, C ^b   Wierzchos, J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b MUSEO NACIONAL DE CIENCIAS NATURALES   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELL MEMBRANES; CHLORIDE MINERALS; CYTOLOGY; EMISSION SPECTROSCOPY; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

CELL PLASMA MEMBRANES; CONFOCAL LASER SCANNING MICROSCOPY; CYANOBACTERIAL CELLS; EMISSION SPECTRUMS; HETEROTROPHIC BACTERIAS; MICROBIAL COLONIZATION; PHOTOSYNTHETIC PIGMENTS; PRESERVATION STATE;

FLUORESCENCE;

BACTERIUM; CELL ORGANELLE; CHLOROPHYLL A; COLONIZATION; FLUORESCENCE; HALITE; MEMBRANE; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; MICROHABITAT; PHOTOAUTOTROPHY; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PIGMENT; PRESERVATION; WAVELENGTH;

ATACAMA DESERT; CHILE;

CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; CYANOBACTERIUM; DESERT CLIMATE; ECOSYSTEM; FLUORESCENCE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; PHOTOTROPHY; SEDIMENT;

CYANOBACTERIA; DESERT CLIMATE; ECOSYSTEM; FLUORESCENCE; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; PHOTOTROPHIC PROCESSES;

EID: 84899062073     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.03428-13     Document Type: Article

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