Shifts in archaeal communities associated with lithological and geochemical variations in subsurface Cretaceous rock

Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 309-320

  Takai, Ken ^a   Mormile, Melanie R ^b   McKinley, James P ^c   Brockman, Fred J ^c   Holben, William E ^d   Kovacik Jr , William P ^d   Fredrickson, Jim K ^c  

^a JAPAN AGENCY FOR MARINE EARTH SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^b MISSOURI UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c PACIFIC NORTHWEST NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEA; DNA, ARCHAEAL; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; PHYLOGENY; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH;

ARCHAEA;

EID: 0037383728     PISSN: 14622912     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1462-2920.2003.00421.x     Document Type: Article

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