Phototrophic microbes form endolithic biofilms in ikaite tufa columns (SW Greenland)

• Main Authors: Trampe, E, Castenholz, RW, Larsen, JEN, Kühl, M
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: 2017
• Subjects: Microbiology; Diatoms; Biofilms; Cyanobacteria; Calcium Carbonate; RNA; Ribosomal; 16S; Ecosystem; Seawater; Photosynthesis; Greenland; Estuaries; Ikka
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10453/125014

© 2017 Society for Applied Microbiology and John Wiley & Sons Ltd Marine tufa-columns, formed by the hydrated carbonate mineral ikaite, present a unique alkaline microbial habitat only found in Ikka Fjord (SW-Greenland). The outermost parts of the ikaite columns exhibit a multitude of physico-ch...