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Studies on Geomicrobiology in some Indian Caves
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Open AccessCultivable microbial diversity in speleothems using MALDI-TOF spectrometry and DNA sequencing from Krem Soitan, Krem Lawbah, Krem Mawpun, Khasi Hills, Meghalaya, India
The microbial diversity in the Indian caves is inadequately characterized. This study reports on the culturable microbial communities in caves from the Indian sub-continent. This study aims to expand the curre...
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Factors Affecting Biomineralization
In this chapter we provide an understanding of biominerals and biomineralization processes. The chapter starts with introduction to caves and biominerals. Then precipitation with reference to iron, carbonates,...
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Cave Geomicrobiology in India: Status and Prospects
The subsurface of the Earth is one of the major habitats and contains a significant proportion of microbial life (Whitman et al., 1998; Ghiorse, 2008; Roussel et al., 2008). However, our overall knowledge abou...
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Speleothems from Mawsmai and Krem Phyllut caves, Meghalaya, India: some evidences on biogenic activities
The Mawsmai cave and Krem Phyllut caves, East Khasi hills, Meghalaya, India has so far not yet attracted the attention of geomicrobiologists. Observations and hypotheses on the possible influence of identified...
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Precipitation of iron in microbial mats of the spring waters of Borra Caves, Vishakapatnam, India: some geomicrobiological aspects
The Borra caves, Vishakapatnam, India, can be described as a speleothem cave with significant amounts of unexplored microbial mats in spring waters. Here, we present the first observations and hypotheses on th...