Characterizing microbial communities and processes in a modern stromatolite (Shark Bay) using lipid biomarkers and two-dimensional distributions of porewater solutes

Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 16, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 2458-2474

  Pagès, Anais ^a   Grice, Kliti ^a   Vacher, Michael ^b   Welsh, David T ^d   Teasdale, Peter R ^d   Bennett, William W ^d   Greenwood, Paul ^a,c  

^a CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b ARC Centre of Excellence in Computational Systems Biology   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^d GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CHONDRICHTHYES; CYANOBACTERIA;

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; HYDROCARBON; LIPID; SULFIDE;

ARTICLE; BAY; CHEMISTRY; CYANOBACTERIUM; DIFFUSION; ECOSYSTEM; GRAM NEGATIVE ANAEROBIC BACTERIA; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METABOLISM; MICROBIAL CONSORTIUM; MICROBIOLOGY; PH; PHYSIOLOGY; SEDIMENT;

BAYS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CYANOBACTERIA; DIFFUSION; ECOSYSTEM; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; HYDROCARBONS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; LIPIDS; MICROBIAL CONSORTIA; SULFIDES; SULFUR-REDUCING BACTERIA;

EID: 84905369364     PISSN: 14622912     EISSN: 14622920     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1462-2920.12378     Document Type: Article

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