Taxonomic and chemical assessment of exceptionally abundant rock mine biofilm

Background An exceptionally thick biofilm covers walls of ancient gold and arsenic Złoty Stok mine (Poland) in the apparent absence of organic sources of energy. Methods and Results We have characterized this microbial community using culture-dependent and independent methods. We sequenced amplicons...

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Main Authors: Karolina Tomczyk-Żak, Paweł Szczesny, Robert Gromadka, Urszula Zielenkiewicz
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: PeerJ Inc. 2017-08-01
Series:PeerJ
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Online Access:https://peerj.com/articles/3635.pdf