Microbial diversity and mineral composition of weathered serpentine rock of the Khalilovsky massif

Irina V. Khilyas; Alyona V. Sorokina; Anna A. Elistratova; Maria I. Markelova; Maria N. Siniagina; Margarita R. Sharipova; Tatyana A. Shcherbakova; Megan E. D’Errico; Michael F. Cohen

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0225929

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Microbial diversity and mineral composition of weathered serpentine rock of the Khalilovsky massif

Irina V. Khilyas ,

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Resources, Writing – original draft

* E-mail: irina.khilyas@gmail.com

Affiliation Institute of Fundamental Medicine and Biology, Kazan (Volga Region) Federal University, Kazan, Russian Federation

http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2261-1051

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Alyona V. Sorokina ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Alyona V. Sorokina, Anna A. Elistratova

Roles Formal analysis, Investigation

Affiliation Institute of Fundamental Medicine and Biology, Kazan (Volga Region) Federal University, Kazan, Russian Federation
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Anna A. Elistratova ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Alyona V. Sorokina, Anna A. Elistratova

Roles Investigation

Affiliation Institute of Fundamental Medicine and Biology, Kazan (Volga Region) Federal University, Kazan, Russian Federation
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Maria I. Markelova,

Roles Formal analysis

Affiliation Institute of Fundamental Medicine and Biology, Kazan (Volga Region) Federal University, Kazan, Russian Federation
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Maria N. Siniagina,

Roles Investigation

Affiliation Institute of Fundamental Medicine and Biology, Kazan (Volga Region) Federal University, Kazan, Russian Federation
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Margarita R. Sharipova,

Roles Funding acquisition, Resources, Supervision

Affiliation Institute of Fundamental Medicine and Biology, Kazan (Volga Region) Federal University, Kazan, Russian Federation
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Tatyana A. Shcherbakova,

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Writing – original draft

Affiliation FSUE Central Research Institute of Geology of Non-metallic Mineral Resources, Kazan, Russian Federation
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Megan E. D’Errico,

Roles Writing – original draft

Affiliation School of Science and Technology, Sonoma State University, Rohnert Park, CA, United States of America
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Michael F. Cohen

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Supervision, Writing – original draft

Affiliation Department of Biology, Sonoma State University, Rohnert Park, CA, United States of America
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Microbial diversity and mineral composition of weathered serpentine rock of the Khalilovsky massif

Irina V. Khilyas,
Alyona V. Sorokina,
Anna A. Elistratova,
Maria I. Markelova,
Maria N. Siniagina,
Margarita R. Sharipova,
Tatyana A. Shcherbakova,
Megan E. D’Errico,
Michael F. Cohen

Published: December 12, 2019
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0225929

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