Thermophilic microbial communities of deep-sea hydrothermal vents

Microbiology

Volumn 73, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 1-13

  Miroshnichenko, M L ^a  

^a RUSSIAN ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Barophily; Deep sea hydrothermal vents; Hyperthermophilic archaea; The subvent biosphere hypothesis

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEA; METHANOBACTERIALES; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 3442891004     PISSN: 00262617     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:MICI.0000016360.21607.83     Document Type: Review

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