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- Title
- The Microbial community of a radon hot spring
- Related
- International Astronomical Union Symposium (213th : 2002) (8 - 12 July 2002 : Hamilton Island, Qld.)
- Related
- Norris, Ray P. and Stootman, Frank H.. Bioastronomy 2002 : life among the stars : proceedings of the 213th symposium of the International Astronomical Union, p.374-380
- Publisher
- San Francisco : Astronomical Society of the Pacific
- Date
- 2004
- Author/Creator
- Anitori, Roberto P
- Author/Creator
- Trott, Cherida
- Author/Creator
- Saul, David J
- Author/Creator
- Bergquist, Peter L
- Author/Creator
- Walter, Malcolm R
- Description
- Paralana is an active, radon-containing hot spring situated in a region of South Australia's Flinders Ranges with a long history of hydrothermal activity. Gas bubbling into the pool is composed of radon (from the radioactive decay of radium), nitrogen, carbon dioxide, and trace helium and hydrogen. The microbial composition of mat and biofilm samples from Paralana was determined using culture-independent 16S rRNA techniques. We have previously demonstrated that the hot spring contains a diverse bacterial community. Here we summarise these findings and report on the emph{Archaea} identified in Paralana. Archaeal inhabitants include members of the Crenarchaeota and Euryarchaeota kingdoms.
- Description
- 7 page(s)
- Resource Type
- conference paper
- Organisation
- Macquarie University. Dept. of Biological Sciences
- Organisation
- Macquarie University. Dept. of Chemistry and Biomolecular Sciences
- Organisation
- Macquarie University. Dept. of Earth and Planetary Sciences
- Organisation
- Macquarie University. Research Institute for Biotechnology
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/1959.14/27745
- Identifier
- ISBN:1583811710
- Identifier
- mq-rm-2004021723
- Language
- eng
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