In Situ X-Ray Tomography Imaging of Soil Water and Cyanobacteria From Biological Soil Crusts Undergoing Desiccation

In Situ X-Ray Tomography Imaging of Soil Water and Cyanobacteria From Biological Soil Crusts Undergoing Desiccation

Biological soil crusts (biocrusts) are millimeter-sized microbial communities developing on the topsoils of arid lands that cover some 12% of Earth's continental area. Biocrusts consist of an assemblage of mineral soil particles consolidated into a crust by microbial organic polymeric substance...

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Main Authors: Estelle Couradeau, Vincent J. M. N. L. Felde, Dilworth Parkinson, Daniel Uteau, Alexis Rochet, Charlene Cuellar, Geoffrey Winegar, Stephan Peth, Trent R. Northen, Ferran Garcia-Pichel
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2018-06-01
Series:Frontiers in Environmental Science
Subjects:
biocrust
Microcoleus sp.
Synchrotron X-ray microtomography
water dynamics
desiccation experiment
EPS
Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fenvs.2018.00065/full

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