Prokaryotic communities from a lava tube cave in La Palma Island (Spain) are involved in the biogeochemical cycle of major elements

Prokaryotic communities from a lava tube cave in La Palma Island (Spain) are involved in the biogeochemical cycle of major elements

Lava caves differ from karstic caves in their genesis and mineral composition. Subsurface microbiology of lava tube caves in Canary Islands, a volcanic archipelago in the Atlantic Ocean, is largely unknown. We have focused the investigation in a representative lava tube cave, Fuente de la Canaria Ca...

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Main Authors: Jose Luis Gonzalez-Pimentel, Tamara Martin-Pozas, Valme Jurado, Ana Zelia Miller, Ana Teresa Caldeira, Octavio Fernandez-Lorenzo, Sergio Sanchez-Moral, Cesareo Saiz-Jimenez
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: PeerJ Inc. 2021-05-01
Series:PeerJ
Subjects:
Lava tube
Volcanic cave
La Palma Island
Biogeochemical cycles
Proteobacteria
Online Access:https://peerj.com/articles/11386.pdf

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