A Study on the Phototrophic Microbial Mat Communities of Sulphur Mountain Thermal Springs and their Association with the Endangered, Endemic Snail Physella johnsoni

The seasonal population fluctuation of anoxygenic phototrophs and the diversity of cyanobacteria at the Sulphur Mountain thermal springs of Banff, Canada were investigated and compared to the drastic population changes of the endangered snail Physella johnsoni. A new species and two strains of Rhod...

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Main Author: Bilyj, Michael
Other Authors: Yurkov, Vladimir (Microbiology)
Published: 2011
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1993/4787