A review of the microbiology of the Rehai geothermal field in Tengchong, Yunnan Province, China

The Rehai Geothermal Field, located in Tengchong County, in central-western Yunnan Province, is the largest and most intensively studied geothermal field in China. A wide physicochemical diversity of springs (ambient to ∼97 °C; pH from ≤1.8 to ≥9.3) provides a multitude of niches for extremophilic m...

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Main Authors: Brian P. Hedlund, Jessica K. Cole, Amanda J. Williams, Weiguo Hou, Enmin Zhou, Wenjun Li, Hailiang Dong
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2012-05-01
Series:Geoscience Frontiers
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1674987111001344