Diversity of cultivable bacteria involved in the formation of macroscopic microbial colonies (Cave silver) on the walls of a cave in Slovenia
Karstic caves often support white, yellow, grey or pink microbial colonies that are termed ‘cave silver’ by speleologists. Using various sample pre-treatments and culture media, a wide variety of bacteria associated with these colonies were recovered from a cave in Slovenia, Pajsarjeva jama. Decreas...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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University of South Florida Libraries
2014-01-01
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Series: | International Journal of Speleology |
Online Access: | http://scholarcommons.usf.edu/ijs/vol43/iss1/5/ |