Biodiversity of Microorganisms from a Tufa Fan in Guizhou Province, China
- Received Date: 1900-01-01
- Rev Recd Date: 1900-01-01
- Publish Date: 2008-08-10
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Key words:
- microorganism biodiversity /
- cyanobacteria /
- protozoan /
- green algae /
- diatoms /
- bryophytes /
- Horse&rsquo
Abstract: For the research of characteristics of biodiversity of microorganisms from a tufa fan deposition of karst waterfall, the authors conducted out a field work at Horse′s hoof Waterfall in Guizhou from July to September in 2006. After identification and analysis in laboratory, 25 microorganisms taxa belonging to four groups have been found from this tufa fan deposit at Horse′s hoof Waterfall. Among them, there are one species for cyanobacteria while sixteen for protozoan , one for green algae and seven for diatoms. And six taxa for bryophytes also were found from same tufa fan. The relationship between biodiversity of microorganisms and tufa deposition at activa waterfall have been disscused in this paper.
Citation: | LI Jian-hua. Biodiversity of Microorganisms from a Tufa Fan in Guizhou Province, China[J]. Acta Sedimentologica Sinica, 2008, 26(4): 670-675. |