Stratified prokaryote network in the oxic-anoxic transition of a deep-sea halocline

Nature

Volumn 440, Issue 7081, 2006, Pages 203-207

  Daffonchio, Daniele ^a   Borin, Sara ^a   Brusa, Tullio ^a   Brusetti, Lorenzo ^a   Van Der Wielen, Paul W J J ^b   Bolhuis, Henk ^b   Yakimov, Michail M ^c   D'Auria, Giuseppe ^c   Giuliano, Laura ^c   Marty, Danielle ^d   Tamburini, Christian ^d   McGenity, Terry J ^e   Hallsworth, John E ^e   Sass, Andrea M ^e   Timmis, Kenneth N ^e,f   Tselepides, Anastasios ^g   De Lange, Gert J ^h   Hübner, Andreas ^h   Thomson, John ⁱ   Varnavas, Soterios P ^j   Gasparoni, Francesco ^k   Gerber, Hans W ^l   Malinverno, Elisa ^m   Corselli, Cesare ^m   Garcin, Jean ^d   McKew, Boyd ^e   Golyshin, Peter N ^f   Lampadariou, Nikolaos ^g   Polymenakou, Paraskevi ^g   Calore, Daniele ^k   Cenedese, Stefano ^k   Zanon, Fabio ^k   Hoog, Sven ^l   more..

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^c CNR   (Italy)

^d AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ESSEX   (United Kingdom)

^f HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR INFECTION RESEARCH   (Germany)

^g INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (Greece)

^h UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

ⁱ NATIONAL OCEANOGRAPHY CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^j UNIVERSITY OF PATRAS   (Greece)

^k Tecnomare SpA   (Italy)

^l BEUTH UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Germany)

^m UNIVERSITY OF MILANO BICOCCA   (Italy)

more..

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; BIOMASS; COMPOSITION; METABOLISM; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

DEEP-SEA HALOCLINE; OXIC-ANOXIC TRANSITION; PROKARYOTE NETWORK;

CATCHMENTS;

SEA WATER; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

HALOCLINE; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY;

ANOXIA; ARCHAEBACTERIUM; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM; BIODIVERSITY; BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLING; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; ELECTRON; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; MICROBIAL BIOMASS; MICROBIAL DIVERSITY; MICROBIAL METABOLISM; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROKARYOTE; SALINITY;

ARCHAEA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); PROKARYOTA;

EID: 33644865958     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature04418     Document Type: Article

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