Lipid biomarkers and carbon isotope signatures of a microbial (Beggiatoa) mat associated with gas hydrates in the Gulf of Mexico

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 71, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 2106-2112

  Zhang, Chuanlun L ^a   Huang, Zhiyong ^a   Cantu, James ^b   Pancost, Richard D ^c   Brigmon, Robin L ^d   Lyons, Timothy W ^e   Sassen, Roger ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^d SAVANNAH RIVER NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^f TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOMARKERS; CARBON; FATTY ACIDS; GENES; GENETIC ENGINEERING; ISOTOPES; LIPIDS; MICROBIOLOGY; OXIDATION; RNA; SEDIMENTS; SULFUR;

CARBON ISOTOPES; LIPID BIOMARKERS; MARINE SEDIMENTS; SULFUR-OXYDIZING BACTERIA;

MICROORGANISMS;

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; CARBON; LIPID; PETROLEUM; RNA 16S; SULFUR;

MICROBIOLOGY;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM; BEGGIATOA; BIOMASS; CARBON CYCLING; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; LASER MICROSCOPY; MICROBIAL DEGRADATION; MICROBIAL MAT; NONHUMAN; OXIDATION; SEA; SEDIMENT; THIOMARGARITA; THIOPLOCA;

CARBON ISOTOPES; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; ELECTROPHORESIS; GASES; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; LIPID METABOLISM; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; PETROLEUM; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEAWATER; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SULFIDES; THIOTRICHACEAE;

EID: 17444399729     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.71.4.2106-2112.2005     Document Type: Article

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