| a culture-independent survey of the bacterial community in a radon hot spring. | paralana is an active, radon-containing hot spring situated in a region of south australia's flinders ranges with a long history of hydrothermal activity. our aim was to determine the bacterial composition of paralana using a culture-independent, 16s rrna-based technique. the presence of a diverse bacterial community was strongly suggested by the large number (approximately 180) of different ribotypes obtained upon analysis of nine hot spring samples. dna sequencing of paralana 16s rrna genes co ... | 2002 | 12530236 |