Novel uncultured Epsilonproteobacteria dominate a filamentous sulphur mat from the 13°N hydrothermal vent field, East Pacific Rise

FEMS Microbiology Ecology

Volumn 58, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 449-463

  Moussard, Hélène ^a   Corre, Erwan ^b   Cambon Bonavita, Marie Anne ^a   Fouquet, Yves ^c   Jeanthon, Christian ^a,d  

^a INSTITUT UNIVERSITAIRE EUROPÉEN DE LA MER   (France)

^b STATION BIOLOGIQUE   (France)

^c IFREMER   (France)

^d STATION BIOLOGIQUE DE ROSCOFF   (France)

Author keywords

16S rRNA gene; Arcobacter; Biofilm; Deep sea hydrothermal vent; Epsilonproteobacteria; FISH

Indexed keywords

SULFUR;

BACTERIUM; HYDROTHERMAL VENT; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; MICROBIAL ECOLOGY;

ARCOBACTER; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COUNT; BACTERIUM CULTURE; EPSILONPROTEOBACTERIA; HYDROTHERMAL VENT; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PACIFIC OCEAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNINDEXED SEQUENCE;

BACTERIAL ADHESION; EPSILONPROTEOBACTERIA; MARINE BIOLOGY; PACIFIC OCEAN; PHYLOGENY; RNA, BACTERIAL; SULFIDES; WATER MICROBIOLOGY;

EAST PACIFIC RISE; PACIFIC OCEAN;

ARCOBACTER; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); EPSILONPROTEOBACTERIA;

EID: 33750967028     PISSN: 01686496     EISSN: 15746941     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6941.2006.00192.x     Document Type: Article

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