Archaeal Distribution in Moonmilk Deposits from Alpine Caves and Their Ecophysiological Potential

Microbial Ecology

Volumn 71, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 686-699

  Reitschuler, Christoph ^a   Spötl, Christoph ^a   Hofmann, Katrin ^a   Wagner, Andreas O ^a   Illmer, Paul ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

Author keywords

Ammonia Oxidizing Archaea; Methanogens; Microbial Cave communities; Moonmilk; Non extremophilic Archaea; Uncultured Archaea

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; ARCHAEAL DNA;

ARCHAEON; AUSTRIA; CAVE; CLASSIFICATION; ECOSYSTEM; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; PHYLOGENY; SEDIMENT;

AMMONIA; ARCHAEA; AUSTRIA; CAVES; DNA, ARCHAEAL; ECOSYSTEM; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; PHYLOGENY;

EID: 84961138306     PISSN: 00953628     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00248-015-0727-z     Document Type: Article

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