An endoevaporitic microbial mat within a gypsum crust: zonation of phototrophs, photopigments, and light penetration
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- An endoevaporitic microbial mat within a gypsum crust
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A layered community of cyanobacteria and purple bacteria that developed within a gypsum crust on the bottom of a hypersaline saltern pond was characterized in Eilat, Israel. The upper 1 to 2 cm of the 4 to 5 cm thick gypsum crust is inhabited by carotenoid-rich unicellular cyanobacteria (Aphanothece sp. and others), imparting an orange-brown color to the gypsum. Under the brown layer, a green layer dominated by unicellular cyanobacteria of the genus Synechococcus is found, with filamentous Phormidium-type cyanobacteria as a minor component. Below these layers of oxygenic phototrophs is a red layer of purple bacteria. -from Authors
Originalsprog | Engelsk |
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Tidsskrift | Marine Ecology Progress Series |
Vol/bind | 128 |
Sider (fra-til) | 151-159 |
Antal sider | 9 |
ISSN | 0171-8630 |
DOI | |
Status | Udgivet - 1995 |
Eksternt udgivet | Ja |
ID: 201684556