Phototrophic biofilm assembly in microbial-mat-derived unicyanobacterial consortia: Model systems for the study of autotroph-heterotroph interactions

Frontiers in Microbiology

Volumn 5, Issue APR, 2014, Pages

  Cole, Jessica K ^a   Hutchison, Janine R ^a   Renslow, Ryan S ^b   Kim, Young Mo ^a   Chrisler, William B ^a   Engelmann, Heather E ^a   Dohnalkova, Alice C ^b   Hu, Dehong ^b   Metz, Thomas O ^a   Fredrickson, Jim K ^a   Lindemann, Stephen R ^a  

^a PACIFIC NORTHWEST NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b PACIFIC NORTHWEST NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Community metabolomics; Confocal microscopy; Image analysis; Microbial diversity; Microcosm; Phototrophic biofilm model system; Primary succession; Real time PCR

Indexed keywords

CHLOROPHYLL A;

ALPHAPROTEOBACTERIA; ARTICLE; AUTOTROPH HETEROTROPH INTERACTION; BACTEROIDETES; BIOFILM; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA EXTRACTION; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GAMMAPROTEOBACTERIA; GENE MAPPING; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MASS FRAGMENTOGRAPHY; METABOLOMICS; MICROBIAL DIVERSITY; MICROBIAL MAT; NONHUMAN; ORGANISMAL INTERACTION; PHOTOTROPHIC BIOFILM; PHYLOGENETIC TREE; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

EID: 84899674636     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1664302X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2014.00109     Document Type: Article

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