@article {10.3844/ojbsci.2014.57.63,
article_type = {journal},
title = {HYPOLITHIC CYANOBACTERIA COLONIZATION OF QUARTZ AT SOUTH DESERT},
author = {Al-Thani, Roda F.},
volume = {14},
number = {1},
year = {2014},
month = {Feb},
pages = {57-63},
doi = {10.3844/ojbsci.2014.57.63},
url = {https://thescipub.com/abstract/ojbsci.2014.57.63},
abstract = {Hypolithic microbial communities (found underneath rocks) were encountered in the southern desert of Qatar where quartz rocks are ubiquitous and are a substrate for hypoliths. These hypoliths thrive where extreme temperature, moisture stress and high light intensity limit the occurrence of higher plants and animal life. A small-scale ecological survey indicated that 80% of the quartz rocks in the area were colonized by green hypolithic microbial communities dominated by colonization of cyanobacteria. Using light and electron microscopic analyses; the cyanobacterial community structure of hypoliths was shown to be dominated by cyanobacteria affiliated to the genera Chroococcidiopsis, Aphanothece, Pleurocapsa, Oscillatoria, Lyngbya, Leptolyngbya, Phormidium and Scytonema).},
journal = {OnLine Journal of Biological Sciences},
publisher = {Science Publications}
}