Community transcriptomics reveals unexpected high microbial diversity in acidophilic biofilm communities

ISME Journal

Volumn 9, Issue , 2015, Pages 1014-1023

  Goltsman, Daniela S Aliaga ^a   Comolli, Luis R ^b   Thomas, Brian C ^c   Banfield, Jillian F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; ACID MINE DRAINAGE; ACIDOPHILY; BIOFILM; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; DOMINANCE; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; MICROBIAL ECOLOGY; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS;

CALIFORNIA; IRON MOUNTAIN; RICHMOND MINE; UNITED STATES;

CHLOROFLEXI; CHLOROFLEXI (CLASS); EUKARYOTA; LEPTOSPIRILLUM; NITROSPIRA;

ARCHAEON; BACTERIUM; BIODIVERSITY; BIOFILM; CLASSIFICATION; EUKARYOTE; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENETICS; MICROBIOLOGY; MINING; PH; PHYLOGENY; RNA GENE;

ARCHAEA; BACTERIA; BIODIVERSITY; BIOFILMS; EUKARYOTA; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENES, RRNA; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; MINING; PHYLOGENY; WATER MICROBIOLOGY;

EID: 84925091835     PISSN: 17517362     EISSN: 17517370     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ismej.2014.200     Document Type: Article

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