Prokaryotic communities from a lava tube cave in La Palma Island (Spain) are involved in the biogeochemical cycle of major elements
Lava caves differ from karstic caves in their genesis and mineral composition. Subsurface microbiology of lava tube caves in Canary Islands, a volcanic archipelago in the Atlantic Ocean, is largely unknown. We have focused the investigation in a representative lava tube cave, Fuente de la Canaria Ca...
Main Authors: | Jose Luis Gonzalez-Pimentel, Tamara Martin-Pozas, Valme Jurado, Ana Zelia Miller, Ana Teresa Caldeira, Octavio Fernandez-Lorenzo, Sergio Sanchez-Moral, Cesareo Saiz-Jimenez |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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PeerJ Inc.
2021-05-01
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Series: | PeerJ |
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Online Access: | https://peerj.com/articles/11386.pdf |
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