Contribution of Chloroflexus respiration to oxygen cycling in a hypersaline microbial mat from Lake Chiprana, Spain

Structural and functional analysis of a

Structural and functional analysis of a microbial mat ecosystem from a unique permanent hypersaline inland lake: ‘La Salada de Chiprana’ (NE Spain)

✍ Henk M Jonkers; Rebecca Ludwig; Rutger De Wit; Olivier Pringault; Gerard Muyzer; 📂 Article 📅 2003 🏛 John Wiley and Sons 🌐 English ⚖ 578 KB

The benthic microbial mat community of the only permanent hypersaline natural inland lake of Western Europe, 'La Salada de Chiprana', northeastern Spain, was structurally and functionally analyzed. The ionic composition of the lake water is characterized by high concentrations of magnesium and sulfa