Effect of light wavelength on hot spring microbial mat biodiversity.

Hot spring associated phototrophic microbial mats are purely microbial communities, in which phototrophic bacteria function as primary producers and thus shape the community. The microbial mats at Nakabusa hot springs in Japan harbor diverse photosynthetic bacteria, mainly Thermosynechococcus, Chlor...

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Main Authors: Akifumi Nishida, Vera Thiel, Mayuko Nakagawa, Shotaro Ayukawa, Masayuki Yamamura
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2018-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5790269?pdf=render