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The role of cyanobacterial exopolysaccharides in structuring desert microbial crusts
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Microbial crusts are present on surfaces of soils throughout the world. A key feature of these crusts in arid zones is the abundance of filamentous sheath-forming and polysaccharide-excreting cyanobacteria. Several isolates of cyanobacteria were prepared from crust samples (Nizzana sand dunes, north-western Negev Desert, Israel). Optimal growth conditions for two such isolates of Microcoleus sp. were defined, and the role of the excreted polysaccharides in affecting the hydrological properties of crust-covered sand dunes was studied. Experiments with the native crust microbial population demonstrated the possibility of net primary productivity at both high relative air humidities and low moisture content.
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- Authors
- Mazor, G.
- Venue
- FEMS Microbiology Ecology
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press (OUP)
- Published
- 1996-10
- Volume
- 21
- Issue
- 2
- Pages
- 121-130
- ISSN
- 0168-6496 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W2080353158
- Cited by
- 375
- References
- 21
- FWCI
- 3.08
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- bronze
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