Vertical distribution and diversity of bacteria and archaea in sulfide and methane-rich cold seep sediments located at the base of the Florida Escarpment

Extremophiles

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 199-211

  Reed, Andrew J ^a   Lutz, Richard A ^a   Vetriani, Costantino ^a  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

ANME; Cold seep; Florida Escarpment; Methane; Microbial diversity; Shannon Weaver

Indexed keywords

METHANE; RIBOSOME DNA; SULFIDE;

ARCHAEAL GENOME; ARCHAEBACTERIUM; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIUM; CHEMISTRY; COLD; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; GENOME; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; PHYLOGENY; SEDIMENT; UNITED STATES;

ARCHAEA; BACTERIA; COLD; COLD TEMPERATURE; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; FLORIDA; GENETIC VARIATION; GENOME, ARCHAEAL; GENOME, BACTERIAL; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; METHANE; PHYLOGENY; SULFIDES; VARIATION (GENETICS);

ARCHAEA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BACTEROIDETES; CYTOPHAGA; DELTAPROTEOBACTERIA; EPSILONPROTEOBACTERIA; FIRMICUTES; FLEXIBACTER; FUSOBACTERIUM; GAMMAPROTEOBACTERIA; PLANCTOMYCES;

EID: 33745711926     PISSN: 14310651     EISSN: 14334909     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00792-005-0488-6     Document Type: Article

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