In situ filtration and preliminary molecular analysis of microbial biomass from the Rainbow hydrothermal plume at 36°15′N on the Mid-Atlantic Ridge

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 157, Issue 3-4, 1998, Pages 223-231

  O'Brien, D ^a   Carton, M ^a   Eardly, D ^a   Patching, J W ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; DNA PURIFICATION; EXTRACTION; FILTRATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HYBRIDIZATION; HYDROTHERMAL VENT SITE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE PROBE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POPULATION GENETICS; RIBOSOMAL RNA;

DNA; HYDROTHERMAL PLUME; MICROBIAL BIOMASS; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS;

ATLANTIC, MID ATLANTIC RIDGE;

EID: 0032580144     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0012-821X(98)00037-5     Document Type: Article

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