Unique Cellular, Physiological, and Metabolic Adaptations to the Euendolithic Lifestyle in a Boring Cyanobacterium.

abstract: Euendolithic cyanobacteria have the remarkable ability to actively excavate and grow within certain minerals. Their activity leads to increased erosion of marine and terrestrial carbonates, negatively affecting coral reef and bivalve ecology. Despite their environmental relevance, the bori...

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Other Authors: Guida, Brandon Scott (Author)
Format: Doctoral Thesis
Language:English
Published: 2016
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/2286/R.I.38713