Functional microbiology of soda lakes

Current Opinion in Microbiology

Volumn 25, Issue , 2015, Pages 88-96

  Sorokin, Dimitry Y ^a,b   Banciu, Horia L ^c   Muyzer, Gerard ^d  

^a WINOGRADSKY INSTITUTE OF MICROBIOLOGY   (Russian Federation)

^b DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^c BABE BOLYAI UNIVERSITY   (Romania)

^d UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; CARBON; FUNCTIONAL GROUP; METHANE; NITRATE; NITROGEN; ORGANIC CARBON; SODIUM CARBONATE; SODIUM CHLORIDE; SULFATE; SULFITE; SULFUR; SULFUR DERIVATIVE; THIOSULFATE; BICARBONATE;

ALGA; ANAEROBE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CARBON CYCLE; CHEMOLITHOTROPH; CYANOBACTERIUM; DENITRIFICATION; FERMENTATION; HYDROLYSIS; LAKE; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; MICROBIOLOGY; MINERALIZATION; NITROGEN CYCLE; NITROGEN FIXATION; NONHUMAN; OXIDATION; PHOTOTROPH; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; PROKARYOTE; REVIEW; SODA LAKE; SULFUR CYCLE; SULFUR OXIDIZER; BACTERIUM; CHEMISTRY; ECOSYSTEM; METABOLISM; MICROFLORA; PH; PHYSIOLOGY;

PROKARYOTA;

BACTERIA; CARBON CYCLE; ECOSYSTEM; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; LAKES; MICROBIOTA; SODIUM BICARBONATE; SODIUM CHLORIDE; WATER MICROBIOLOGY;

EID: 84931291879     PISSN: 13695274     EISSN: 18790364     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mib.2015.05.004     Document Type: Review

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