Sulfide Ameliorates Metal Toxicity for Deep-Sea Hydrothermal Vent Archaea

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 70, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 2551-2555

  Edgcomb, Virginia P ^a   Molyneaux, Stephen J ^a   Saito, Mak A ^a   Lloyd, Karen ^a   Böer, Simone ^b   Wirsen, Carl O ^a   Atkins, Michael S ^a   Teske, Andreas ^a,c  

^a WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OLDENBURG   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COBALT; COPPER; PRECIPITATION (CHEMICAL); SULFUR; TOXICITY; ZINC;

HYDOTHERMAL VENT; METAL TOXICITY;

MICROBIOLOGY;

CADMIUM; METAL; SULFIDE;

DEEP SEA; HEAVY METAL; HYDROTHERMAL VENT; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; SULFIDE; TOXICITY;

ARCHAEBACTERIUM; ARTICLE; CELL SURVIVAL; CHIMNEY; DETOXIFICATION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HOST RESISTANCE; HYDROTHERMAL VENT; PRECIPITATION; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; THERMAL ANALYSIS; TOXICITY TESTING;

ANAEROBIOSIS; ARCHAEA; HEAT; METALS, HEAVY; METHANOCOCCALES; PYROCOCCUS; SEAWATER; SULFIDES; THERMOCOCCUS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

ARCHAEA; METHANOCALDOCOCCUS; METHANOCALDOCOCCUS JANNASCHII; PYROCOCCUS; THERMOCOCCUS; THERMOCOCCUS FUMICOLANS;

EID: 12244253240     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.70.4.2551-2555.2004     Document Type: Article

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