Comparisons of the composition and biogeographic distribution of the bacterial communities occupying South African thermal springs with those inhabiting deep subsurface fracture water

Frontiers in Microbiology

Volumn 5, Issue DEC, 2014, Pages

  Magnabosco, Cara ^a   Tekere, Memory ^b   Lau, Maggie C Y ^a   Linage, Borja ^c   Kuloyo, Olukayode ^c   Erasmus, Mariana ^c   Cason, Errol ^c   van Heerden, Esta ^c   Borgonie, Gaetan ^d   Kieft, Thomas L ^e   Olivier, Jana ^b   Onstott, Tullis C ^a  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b University of South Africa   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF THE FREE STATE   (United States)

^d Extreme Life Isyensya   (Belgium)

^e NEW MEXICO INSTITUTE OF MINING AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

16S rRNA gene; Diversity; Subsurface; Thermal springs; V6 hypervariable region

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; BIOMASS; ENTROPY; GEOCHEMISTRY; HIGH THROUGHPUT SEQUENCING; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; MICROBIAL DIVERSITY; MINING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROTEOBACTERIA; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SOUTH AFRICA; TEMPERATURE; TERRESTRIAL SURFACE WATERS; THERMAL SPRING;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); PROTEOBACTERIA; RHEINHEIMERA;

EID: 84930392829     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1664302X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2014.00679     Document Type: Article

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