Biogeochemistry of a gypsum‐encrusted microbial ecosystem

• Published in: Geobiology
• Main Authors: CANFIELD, D. E., SØRENSEN, K. B., OREN, A.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Wiley 2004
• Subjects: North Pole
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1472-4677.2004.00029.x; https://api.wiley.com/onlinelibrary/tdm/v1/articles/10.1111%2Fj.1472-4677.2004.00029.x; https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1111/j.1472-4677.2004.00029.x

ABSTRACT Gypsum crusts containing multicolored stratified microbial populations grow in the evaporation ponds of a commercial saltern in Eilat, Israel. These crusts contain two prominent cyanobacterial layers, a bright purple layer of anoxygenic phototrophs, and a lower black layer with active sulph...