Thermophilic bacterial activity in a deep-sea sediment from the Pacific Ocean

Aquatic Microbial Ecology

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 209-212

  Dobbs, Fred C ^a   Selph, Karen A ^b  

^a OLD DOMINION UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

Deep sea; Dispersal; Hydrothermal venting; Thermophilic bacteria

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 0344526808     PISSN: 09483055     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/ame013209     Document Type: Article

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