Microbial Diversity in a Venezuelan Orthoquartzite Cave is Dominated by the Chloroflexi (Class Ktedonobacterales) and Thaumarchaeota Group I.1c.
The majority of caves are formed within limestone rock and hence our understanding of cave microbiology comes from carbonate-buffered systems. In this paper, we describe the microbial diversity of Roraima Sur Cave, an orthoquartzite (SiO4) cave within Roraima Tepui, Venezuela. The cave contains a h...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Frontiers Media S.A.
2014-11-01
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Series: | Frontiers in Microbiology |
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Online Access: | http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fmicb.2014.00615/full |