Geochemical constraints on chemolithoautotrophic metabolism by microorganisms in seafloor hydrothermal systems

Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta

Volumn 61, Issue 20, 1997, Pages 4375-4391

  McCollom, Thomas M ^a,b   Shock, Everett L ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON; HYDROGEN SULFIDE; IRON; MANGANESE; METHANE; SEA WATER; SULFATE; SULFUR;

AEROBIC METABOLISM; ANAEROBIC GROWTH; ARTICLE; BIOMASS; CHEMICAL MODEL; CHEMISTRY; ECOSYSTEM; EURYARCHAEOTA; GEOLOGY; GRAM NEGATIVE ANAEROBIC BACTERIA; HEAT; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; TEMPERATURE; THERMODYNAMICS;

AEROBIOSIS; ANAEROBIOSIS; BIOMASS; CARBON; ECOSYSTEM; EURYARCHAEOTA; GEOLOGY; HEAT; HYDROGEN SULFIDE; IRON; MANGANESE; METHANE; MODELS, CHEMICAL; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; SEAWATER; SULFATES; SULFUR; SULFUR-REDUCING BACTERIA; TEMPERATURE; THERMODYNAMICS; WATER MICROBIOLOGY;

EID: 0031240626     PISSN: 00167037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0016-7037(97)00241-X     Document Type: Article

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