Methane- and sulfur-metabolizing microbial communities dominate the lost city hydrothermal field ecosystem

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 72, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 6257-6270

  Brazelton, William J ^a   Schrenk, Matthew O ^a,b   Kelley, Deborah S ^a   Baross, John A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b GEOPHYSICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; LOST CITY HYDROTHERMAL FIELD (LCHF); PHYLOGENETIC; SULFUR METABOLIZING MICROBIAL COMMUNITIES;

CHIMNEYS; HYDROGEN; METABOLISM; METHANE; MICROORGANISMS; PH EFFECTS; SERPENTINE;

ECOSYSTEMS;

CARBONIC ACID; DISSOLVED ORGANIC MATTER; HYDROGEN; METHANE; RNA 16S; SULFUR;

ABUNDANCE; CARBONATE; GENE; HABITAT AVAILABILITY; HYDROGEN; HYDROTHERMAL DEPOSIT; MANTLE; METHANE; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; MICROBIAL ECOLOGY; RNA; ROCK; SEAFLOOR; SERPENTINIZATION; SULFUR; VENTING;

ALKALINITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; CHIMNEY; CLADISTICS; CRENARCHAEOTA; ECOSYSTEM; GENE SEQUENCE; HABITAT STRUCTURE; HIGH TEMPERATURE; HYDROTHERMAL VENT; LOST CITY HYDROTHERMAL FIELD; LOW TEMPERATURE; METHYLOBACTERIUM; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; REDUCTION; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; RNA GENE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; TERMINAL RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; THERMOCOCCALES; THIOMICROSPIRA; UNINDEXED SEQUENCE; WATER ANALYSIS;

ARCHAEA; BACTERIA; BASE SEQUENCE; CARBONATES; ECOSYSTEM; HEAT; METHANE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OCEANOGRAPHY; PHYLOGENY; RNA, ARCHAEAL; RNA, BACTERIAL; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEAWATER; SULFUR;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; LOST CITY HYDROTHERMAL FIELD; MID-ATLANTIC RIDGE;

METHANOSARCINALES; METHYLOBACTER; THERMOCOCCALES; THIOMICROSPIRA; UNCULTURED CRENARCHAEOTE;

EID: 33748777657     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.00574-06     Document Type: Article

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