Ecological succession among iron-oxidizing bacteria

ISME Journal

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 804-815

  Fleming, Emily J ^a   Cetinić, Ivona ^b   Chan, Clara S ^c   Whitney King, D ^d   Emerson, David ^a  

^a BIGELOW LABORATORY FOR OCEAN SCIENCES   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MAINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

^d Colby College   (United States)

Author keywords

FeOB; Freshwater iron mats; Gallionella; Leptothrix ochracea; Neutrophilic; Seasonal dynamics; Sideroxydans

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM; IRON; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; MORPHOTYPE; NICHE PARTITIONING; ORGANIC CARBON; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTY; SEASONAL VARIATION; SUCCESSION; WETLAND;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); GALLIONELLA; GALLIONELLA FERRUGINEA; LEPTOTHRIX; LEPTOTHRIX OCHRACEA;

FRESH WATER; IRON;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL PHENOMENA AND FUNCTIONS; BACTERIUM; BIODIVERSITY; CHEMISTRY; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; RNA GENE; SEASON; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

BACTERIA; BACTERIAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; BIODIVERSITY; FRESH WATER; GENES, RRNA; IRON; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; SEASONS; WATER MICROBIOLOGY;

EID: 84899451488     PISSN: 17517362     EISSN: 17517370     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ismej.2013.197     Document Type: Article

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