Relative abundance of Archaea and Bacteria along a thermal gradient of a shallow-water hydrothermal vent quantified by rRNA slot-blot hybridization

Microbiology

Volumn 146, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 1287-1293

  Sievert, Stefan M ^a   Ziebis, Wiebke ^a   Kuever, Jan ^a   Sahm, Kerstin ^a,b  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR MARINE MICROBIOLOGY   (Germany)

^b HAMBURG UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Archaea and Bacteria; Hydrothermal vent; Microbial activity; Miles Island (Aegean Sea, Greece); rRNA slot blot hybridization

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL RNA; RIBOSOME RNA;

ARCHAEBACTERIUM; ARTICLE; HIGH TEMPERATURE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA HYBRIDIZATION;

ARCHAEA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); PROKARYOTA;

EID: 0034123129     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/00221287-146-6-1287     Document Type: Article

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