Rapid microbial production of filamentous sulfur mats at hydrothermal vents

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 65, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 2253-2255

  Taylor, Craig D ^a   Wirsen, Carl O ^a   Gaill, Françoise ^b  

^a WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

^b SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HYDROGEN SULFIDE;

AQUATIC FAUNA; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; ECOSYSTEM; GEOGRAPHY; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; NONHUMAN; WORM;

ALVINELLA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 0032932428     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aem.65.5.2253-2255.1999     Document Type: Article

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