Ultrastructure and potential sub-seafloor evidence of bacteriogenic iron oxides from Axial Volcano, Juan de Fuca Ridge, north-east Pacific Ocean

FEMS Microbiology Ecology

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 247-254

  Kennedy, C B ^a   Scott, S D ^a   Ferris, F G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Axial Volcano; Ferrihydrite; Hydrated; Hydrothermal vent; Iron oxidizing bacteria

Indexed keywords

CHLORIDE; IRON OXIDE; MINERAL; SILICON;

HYDROTHERMAL VENT; IRON OXIDE; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; VOLCANISM; X-RAY DIFFRACTION;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; GALLIONELLA FERRUGUINEA; HYDROTHERMAL VENT; LEPTOTHRIX; LEPTOTHRIX OCHRACEA; MICROBIAL MAT; NONHUMAN; PACIFIC OCEAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROENTGEN SPECTROSCOPY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SEA; VOLCANO; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

PACIFIC OCEAN;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); GALLIONELLA FERRUGINEA; LEPTOTHRIX;

EID: 0037445304     PISSN: 01686496     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-6496(02)00427-0     Document Type: Article

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