Culture-based analysis of ‘Cave Silver’ biofilms on Rocks in the former Homestake mine in South Dakota, USA

Tunnels in a warm, humid area of the 1478 m level of the Sanford Underground Research Facility (SURF), located in a former gold mine in South Dakota, USA, host irregular, thin whitish, iridescent biofilms, which appear superficially similar to ‘cave silver’ biofilms described from limestone and lava...

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Main Authors: Amanpreet Brar, David Bergmann
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: University of South Florida Libraries 2019-06-01
Series:International Journal of Speleology
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Online Access:https://scholarcommons.usf.edu/ijs/vol48/iss2/3