Bacterial diversity in a subseafloor habitat following a deep-sea volcanic eruption

FEMS Microbiology Ecology

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 393-409

  Huber, Julie A ^a   Butterfield, David A ^b   Baross, John A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

16S rRNA; Clone library; Deep sea bacterium; Free living; Hydrothermal vent; Particle attached; Subseafloor biosphere

Indexed keywords

RNA 16S; SEA WATER;

BACTERIUM; HYDROTHERMAL VENT COMMUNITY; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

ARTICLE; DNA EXTRACTION; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; HIGH TEMPERATURE; HYDROTHERMAL VENT; MODEL; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; VOLCANO;

PACIFIC OCEAN;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); DESULFUROBACTERIUM; EPSILONPROTEOBACTERIA; GAMMAPROTEOBACTERIA; POSIBACTERIA; PROTEOBACTERIA;

EID: 0037375056     PISSN: 01686496     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-6496(02)00451-8     Document Type: Article

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