Prokaryotic cells of the deep sub-seafloor biosphere identified as living bacteria

Nature

Volumn 433, Issue 7028, 2005, Pages 861-864

  Schippers, Axel ^a   Neretin, Lev N ^a,b   Kallmeyer, Jens ^b,c   Ferdelman, Timothy G ^b   Cragg, Barry A ^d   Parkes, R John ^d   Jørgensen, Bo B ^b  

^a FEDERAL INSTITUTE FOR GEOSCIENCES AND NATURAL RESOURCES BGR   (Germany)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR MARINE MICROBIOLOGY   (Germany)

^c GFZ GERMAN RESEARCH CENTRE FOR GEOSCIENCES   (Germany)

^d CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; CATALYSIS; EARTH (PLANET); FLUORESCENCE; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; RNA; SEDIMENTS;

BIOLOGICAL CATALYSIS; CARBON CYCLE; PROKARYOTIC CELLS; SUB-SEAFLOOR BIOSPHERE;

CELLS;

ACRIDINE ORANGE; CARBON; METHANE; ORGANIC CARBON; ORGANIC MATTER; RIBOSOME DNA; RIBOSOME RNA; SEA WATER; BACTERIAL DNA; SULFATE;

MARINE SEDIMENT; PROKARYOTE; SEAFLOOR; TURNOVER; WATER CHEMISTRY;

AEROBIC METABOLISM; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BIOSPHERE; CARBON CYCLE; CARBON FIXATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FERMENTATION; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; GLOBAL CLIMATE; MICROBIAL BIOMASS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROKARYOTE; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RIBOSOME; SEA; SEDIMENT; TOTAL ORGANIC CARBON; ARCHAEBACTERIUM; BACTERIAL COUNT; BACTERIUM; BIOMASS; CYTOLOGY; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; TIME;

ARCHAEA; BACTERIA; BIOMASS; CARBON; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; DNA, BACTERIAL; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION, FLUORESCENCE; OCEANS AND SEAS; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; RIBOSOMES; SEAWATER; SULFATES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 14544290535     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature03302     Document Type: Article

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