Microbial ecology of hypersaline lakes in Western Australia and Victoria, Australia

Author

Bo-Young Hong

Abstract

Compared to prevalent alkaline to neutral hypersaline environments, acidic hypersaline environments have been scarcely studied. However, they hold interest to many researchers in that these environments have similar geological characteristics as those found in lithified strata on Mars. Unique, acidic hypersaline environments exist in Australia, along with environments possessing higher pH values. Sixteen different locations were targeted for sampling in this area for comparison of microbial communities among various pH values. Lake Brown was chosen for a detail microbial diversity study because fieldwork indicated that Lake Brown, located in Western Australia, possessed pH values of 3.1-4.5 and salinity between 13.0-23.0%...Thus, the study of Lake Brown, an acid hypersaline lake, can provide an opportunity to gain insight on the possible forms of life that might have existed on a previous wet Mars"--Abstract, page iv.

Advisor(s)

Mormile, Melanie R.

Committee Member(s)

Oboh-Ikuenobe, Francisca
Westenberg, David J.

Department(s)

Biological Sciences

Degree Name

M.S. in Biological Sciences

Sponsor(s)

National Science Foundation (U.S.)

Publisher

University of Missouri--Rolla

Publication Date

Spring 2007

Journal article titles appearing in thesis/dissertation

• Molecular analysis of the microbial community of select lakes, Western Australia and Victoria, Australia
• Molecular analysis of the microbial community of Lake Brown, Western Australia
• Isolation and characterization of a moderately halo-acidophilic bacterium isolated from Lake Brown, Western Australia

Pagination

xi, 86 pages

Geographic Coverage

Australia
Lake Brown (Australia)

Rights

© 2007 Bo-Young Hong, All rights reserved.

Document Type

Thesis - Citation

File Type

text

Language

English

Subject Headings

Evaporites -- Australia -- Lake BrownMicrobial ecologySaline waters -- AustraliaSedimentation and deposition -- Australia -- Lake Brown

Thesis Number

T 9129

Print OCLC #

173283172

Recommended Citation

Hong, Bo-Young, "Microbial ecology of hypersaline lakes in Western Australia and Victoria, Australia" (2007). Masters Theses. 25.
https://scholarsmine.mst.edu/masters_theses/25