Fluids from the oceanic crust support microbial activities within the deep biosphere

Geomicrobiology Journal

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 56-66

  Engelen, Bert ^a   Ziegelmüller, Katja ^a   Wolf, Lars ^a   Köpke, Beate ^a   Gittel, Antje ^a   Cypionka, Heribert ^a   Treude, Tina ^b   Nakagawa, Satoshi ^c   Inagaki, Fumio ^c   Lever, Mark Alexander ^d   Steinsbu, Bjørn Olav ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OLDENBURG   (Germany)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR MARINE MICROBIOLOGY   (Germany)

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

^d University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

Author keywords

AOM; Deep biosphere; Exoenzymes; Expedition 301; Hydrothermal fluids; Integrated Ocean Drilling Program; JOIDES Resolution; Juan de Fuca hydrogeology; Methanogenesis; Microbial activity; MPN; Oceanic crust; Rates; Subsurface microbiology; Sulfate reduction

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; BIOSPHERE; ENZYME; HYDROTHERMAL FLUID; METHANOGENESIS; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; MICROBIOLOGY; OCEAN DRILLING PROGRAM; OCEANIC CRUST; SEAFLOOR; SEDIMENT CHEMISTRY; SULFATE-REDUCING BACTERIUM;

JUAN DE FUCA RIDGE; PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 38849098279     PISSN: 01490451     EISSN: 15210529     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01490450701829006     Document Type: Article

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