Microbial and chemical characterization of underwater fresh water springs in the Dead Sea.

Microbial and chemical characterization of underwater fresh water springs in the Dead Sea.

Due to its extreme salinity and high Mg concentration the Dead Sea is characterized by a very low density of cells most of which are Archaea. We discovered several underwater fresh to brackish water springs in the Dead Sea harboring dense microbial communities. We provide the first characterization...

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Main Authors: Danny Ionescu, Christian Siebert, Lubos Polerecky, Yaniv Y Munwes, Christian Lott, Stefan Häusler, Mina Bižić-Ionescu, Christian Quast, Jörg Peplies, Frank Oliver Glöckner, Alban Ramette, Tino Rödiger, Thorsten Dittmar, Aharon Oren, Stefan Geyer, Hans-Joachim Stärk, Martin Sauter, Tobias Licha, Jonathan B Laronne, Dirk de Beer
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Language:EN
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2012
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Online Access:https://doaj.org/article/cef4776388be4bac9b172c7089d78a51
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