An endoevaporitic microbial mat within a gypsum crust: zonation of phototrophs, photopigments, and light penetration

TY - JOUR

T1 - An endoevaporitic microbial mat within a gypsum crust

T2 - zonation of phototrophs, photopigments, and light penetration

AU - Oren, A.

AU - Kuhl, M.

AU - Karsten, U.

PY - 1995/1/1

Y1 - 1995/1/1

N2 - A layered community of cyanobacteria and purple bacteria that developed within a gypsum crust on the bottom of a hypersaline saltern pond was characterized in Eilat, Israel. The upper 1 to 2 cm of the 4 to 5 cm thick gypsum crust is inhabited by carotenoid-rich unicellular cyanobacteria (Aphanothece sp. and others), imparting an orange-brown color to the gypsum. Under the brown layer, a green layer dominated by unicellular cyanobacteria of the genus Synechococcus is found, with filamentous Phormidium-type cyanobacteria as a minor component. Below these layers of oxygenic phototrophs is a red layer of purple bacteria. -from Authors

AB - A layered community of cyanobacteria and purple bacteria that developed within a gypsum crust on the bottom of a hypersaline saltern pond was characterized in Eilat, Israel. The upper 1 to 2 cm of the 4 to 5 cm thick gypsum crust is inhabited by carotenoid-rich unicellular cyanobacteria (Aphanothece sp. and others), imparting an orange-brown color to the gypsum. Under the brown layer, a green layer dominated by unicellular cyanobacteria of the genus Synechococcus is found, with filamentous Phormidium-type cyanobacteria as a minor component. Below these layers of oxygenic phototrophs is a red layer of purple bacteria. -from Authors

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U2 - 10.3354/meps128151

DO - 10.3354/meps128151

M3 - Journal article

AN - SCOPUS:0029475399

SN - 0171-8630

VL - 128

SP - 151

EP - 159

JO - Marine Ecology - Progress Series

JF - Marine Ecology - Progress Series

IS - 1-3

ER -