Culture-dependent and -independent characterization of microbial communities associated with a shallow submarine hydrothermal system occurring within a coral reef off Taketomi Island, Japan

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 73, Issue 23, 2007, Pages 7642-7656

  Hirayama, Hisako ^a   Sunamura, Michinari ^b   Takai, Ken ^a   Nunoura, Takuro ^a   Noguchi, Takuro ^c   Oida, Hanako ^a   Furushima, Yasuo ^a   Yamamoto, Hiroyuki ^a   Oomori, Tamotsu ^c   Horikoshi, Koki ^a  

^a JAPAN AGENCY FOR MARINE EARTH SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF THE RYUKYUS   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

REEFS; SUBMARINES;

CORAL REEFS; HYDROTHERMAL ACTIVITY; MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE; MICROBIAL COMMUNITIES; MOLECULAR TECHNIQUES; SEA FLOORS; SUBMARINE-HYDROTHERMAL SYSTEMS;

LANDFORMS;

METHANE; NITROGEN; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE; RNA 16S; SULFUR OXIDE; WATER; HYDROGEN; SEA WATER; SULFUR;

AUTOTROPHY; BACTERIUM; CORAL REEF; HYDROTHERMAL SYSTEM; ISLAND; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; MICROBIAL MAT; PROTOZOAN; SHALLOW WATER; SUBMARINE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; CELL DENSITY; CORAL REEF; DEFERRIBACTER; DELTAPROTEOBACTERIA; DESULFOVIBRIO; EPSILONPROTEOBACTERIA; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; GAMMAPROTEOBACTERIA; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HYDROTHERMAL VENT; JAPAN; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; MICROBIAL DIVERSITY; MICROBIAL GROWTH; MICROBIAL MAT; MICROORGANISM; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OXIDATION REDUCTION POTENTIAL; PHYLOGENETIC TREE; PHYLOGENY; POPULATION SIZE; SULFATE REDUCER; SULFURIVIRGA CALDICURALII; THIOMICROSPIRA; ANIMAL; ANTHOZOA; ARCHAEBACTERIUM; BACTERIUM; CLASSIFICATION; CULTURE MEDIUM; ECOSYSTEM; GENETICS; GEOGRAPHY; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; TEMPERATURE;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; JAPAN; OKINAWA [RYUKYU ISLANDS]; RYUKYU ISLANDS; TAKETOMI; YAEYAMA ISLANDS;

ANTHOZOA; ARCHAEA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); DEFERRIBACTER; DESULFOVIBRIO; EPSILONPROTEOBACTERIA; THERMOCOCCUS; THIOMICROSPIRA;

ANIMALS; ANTHOZOA; ARCHAEA; BACTERIA; CULTURE MEDIA; DELTAPROTEOBACTERIA; ECOSYSTEM; EPSILONPROTEOBACTERIA; GAMMAPROTEOBACTERIA; GEOGRAPHY; HYDROGEN; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION, FLUORESCENCE; JAPAN; METHANE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; PHYLOGENY; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEAWATER; SULFUR; TEMPERATURE; WATER MICROBIOLOGY;

EID: 38449095881     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.01258-07     Document Type: Article

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