A fungal-prokaryotic consortium at the basalt-zeolite interface in subseafloor igneous crust

PLoS ONE

Volumn 10, Issue 10, 2015, Pages

  Ivarsson, Magnus ^a   Bengtson, Stefan ^a   Skogby, Henrik ^a   Lazor, Peter ^b   Broman, Curt ^c   Belivanova, Veneta ^a   Marone, Federica ^d  

^a SWEDISH MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY   (Sweden)

^b UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^d PAUL SCHERRER INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; POTASSIUM; SODIUM; BASALT; METAL; MINERAL; SEA WATER; SILICATE; ZEOLITE;

ARTICLE; BASALT; BASALT ZEOLITE INTERFACE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FUNGAL CELL; FUNGAL COMMUNITY; FUNGAL METABOLISM; FUNGUS; FUNGUS GROWTH; FUNGUS HYPHAE; GEOGRAPHIC AND GEOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; MICROBIAL COLONIZATION; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; MICROBIAL CONSORTIUM; MICROSCOPY; OXIDATION; PROKARYOTE; RAMAN SPECTROMETRY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SUBSEAFLOOR IGNEOUS CRUST; SYNCHROTRON BASED XRAY TOMOGRAPHIC MICROSCOPY; BACTERIUM; CHEMISTRY; FOSSIL; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; SEDIMENT; SYNCHROTRON; ULTRASTRUCTURE; X-RAY TOMOGRAPHY;

BACTERIA; FOSSILS; FUNGI; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; HYPHAE; METALS; MICROBIAL CONSORTIA; MICROSCOPY; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; MINERALS; SEAWATER; SILICATES; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS, RAMAN; SYNCHROTRONS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY; ZEOLITES;

EID: 84949463776     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0140106     Document Type: Article

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