Exploration of microbial diversity and community structure of Lonar Lake: the only hypersaline meteorite crater lake within basalt rock

Lonar Lake is a hypersaline and hyperalkaline soda lake and the only meteorite impact crater in the world created in the basalt rocks. Although culture-dependent studies have been reported, the comprehensive understanding of microbial community composition and structure of Lonar Lake remain obscure....

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Main Authors: Dhiraj ePaul, Shreyas ekumbhare, Snehit S Mhatre, Somak P Chowdhury, Sudarshan A Shetty, Nachiket P Marathe, Shrikant eBhute, Yogesh S Shouche
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2016-01-01
Series:Frontiers in Microbiology
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Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fmicb.2015.01553/full