Endolithic microbial communities in carbonate precipitates from serpentinite-hosted hyperalkaline springs of the Voltri Massif (Ligurian Alps, Northern Italy)

Environmental Science and Pollution Research

Volumn 22, Issue 18, 2015, Pages 13613-13624

  Quéméneur, Marianne ^a   Palvadeau, Alexandra ^a   Postec, Anne ^a   Monnin, Christophe ^b   Chavagnac, Valérie ^b   Ollivier, Bernard ^a   Erauso, Gaël ^a  

^a AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE TOULOUSE   (France)

Author keywords

Alkaliphilic; Carbonates; Extreme environment; Liguria; Microbial diversity; Pyrosequencing; Serpentinization

Indexed keywords

ALKALINE WATER; BACTERIUM; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBONATE; ENDOLITHON; EUKARYOTE; IDENTIFICATION METHOD; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; OPHIOLITE; PRECIPITATION (CHEMISTRY); SERPENTINE; SERPENTINIZATION; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPRING (HYDROLOGY); ULTRAMAFIC ROCK;

ALPS; GENOVA; ITALY; LIGURIA; VOLTRI MASSIF;

ACTINOBACTERIA; ARCHAEA; AZOSPIRILLUM; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BACTEROIDETES; BETAPROTEOBACTERIA; CHLOROFLEXI; CHLOROFLEXI (CLASS); EURYARCHAEOTA; METHANOBACTERIALES; METHANOSARCINALES; METHYLOSINUS; PLANCTOMYCETALES; PLANCTOMYCETES; PROTEOBACTERIA; VERRUCOMICROBIA;

CARBONIC ACID DERIVATIVE; RNA 16S;

ARCHAEON; BACTERIUM; CHEMISTRY; ECOSYSTEM; GENETICS; ITALY; MICROBIAL CONSORTIUM; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR TYPING; NATURAL SPRING; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PRECIPITATION; SALT TOLERANCE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

ARCHAEA; BACTERIA; BASE SEQUENCE; CARBONATES; CHEMICAL PRECIPITATION; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY; ITALY; MICROBIAL CONSORTIA; MOLECULAR TYPING; NATURAL SPRINGS; PHYLOGENY; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SALT-TOLERANCE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, RNA;

EID: 84941185522     PISSN: 09441344     EISSN: 16147499     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11356-015-4113-7     Document Type: Article

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