16S rDNA-based analysis reveals cosmopolitan occurrence but limited diversity of two cyanobacterial lineages with contrasted patterns of intracellular carbonate mineralization

16S rDNA-based analysis reveals cosmopolitan occurrence but limited diversity of two cyanobacterial lineages with contrasted patterns of intracellular carbonate mineralization

Cyanobacteria are mainly thought to induce carbonate precipitation extracellularly via their photosynthetic activity combined with the nucleation potential of exopolymeric substances. The discovery in microbialites of the alkaline lake Alchichica (Mexico) of Candidatus Gloeomargarita lithophora, a c...

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Main Authors: Marie eRagon, Karim eBenzerara, David eMoreira, Rosaluz eTavera, Purificacion eLopez-Garcia
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2014-07-01
Series:Frontiers in Microbiology
Subjects:
Biomineralization
microbial mat
thermophilic
Gloeomargarita
Thermosynechococcus
stromatolite
Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fmicb.2014.00331/full

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