Relationships between sulfide-oxidizing bacterial mats and their carbon sources in northern Gulf of Mexico cold seeps

Organic Geochemistry

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 380-393

  Gilhooly III, William P ^a   Carney, Robert S ^b   Macko, Stephen A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^b LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HETEROTROPHY; MEXICO COLD SEEPS; ORGANIC CARBON;

BACTERIA; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; ISOTOPES; MICROBIOLOGY; POROUS MATERIALS; SULFUR COMPOUNDS;

GEOLOGY;

CARBON FIXATION; CARBON ISOTOPE; CHEMOAUTOTROPHY; COLD SEEP; HETEROTROPHY; METHANE; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; MICROBIAL MAT; PETROLEUM; SULFATE-REDUCING BACTERIUM;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; GREEN CANYON; GULF OF MEXICO;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 33847057323     PISSN: 01466380     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.orggeochem.2006.06.005     Document Type: Article

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