Comparisons of the composition and biogeographic distribution of the bacterial communities occupying South African thermal springs with those inhabiting deep subsurface fracture water

Comparisons of the composition and biogeographic distribution of the bacterial communities occupying South African thermal springs with those inhabiting deep subsurface fracture water

South Africa has numerous thermal springs that represent topographically driven meteoric water migrating along major fracture zones. The temperature (40-70°C) and pH (8-9) of the thermal springs in the Limpopo Province are very similar to those of the low salinity fracture water encountered in the S...

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Main Authors: Cara eMagnabosco, Memory eTekere, Maggie CY Lau, Borja eLinage, Olukayode eKuloyo, Mariana eErasmus, Errol eCason, Esta evan Heerden, Gaetan eBorgonie, Thomas L. Kieft, Jana eOliver, Tullis C Onstott
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2014-12-01
Series:Frontiers in Microbiology
Subjects:
subsurface
16S rRNA gene
diversity
Thermal springs
V6 hypervariable region
Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fmicb.2014.00679/full

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