Cultured and genetic diversity, and activities of sulfur-oxidizing bacteria in low-temperature hydrothermal fluids of the North Fiji Basin

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 266, Issue , 2004, Pages 65-76

  Podgorsek, Lilijana ^a   Petri, Ralf ^a,b   Imhoff, Johannes F ^a  

^a GEOMAR HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR OCEAN RESEARCH KIEL   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Bacterial diversity; Hydrothermal vents; Sulfur bacteria; Thiosulfate oxidation

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM; GENETIC VARIATION; HYDROTHERMAL VENT; OXIDATION; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SULFUR;

NORTH FIJI BASIN; PACIFIC OCEAN;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CYTOPHAGA; FLAVOBACTERIUM; GAMMAPROTEOBACTERIA; PROKARYOTA; PROTEOBACTERIA;

EID: 1342311228     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps266065     Document Type: Article

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