Large multicellular filamentous bacteria under the oxygen minimum zone of the eastern South Pacific: A forgotten biosphere

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 6694, Issue , 2007, Pages

  Gallardo, Victor Ariel ^a   Espinoza, Carola ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONCEPCIÓN   (Chile)

Author keywords

Eastern boundary currrent system; ESP south pacific; Filamentous megabacteria; Foraminifers; Macrobacteria; Microbial mats; Oxygen minimum; Protists; Sulfide rich sediments; Thioploca; Zone

Indexed keywords

ALGAE; BIOSPHERICS; EXTRATERRESTRIAL ATMOSPHERES; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR OXYGEN; SEDIMENTS;

EASTERN BOUNDARY CURRRENT SYSTEM; EASTERN SOUTH PACIFIC (ESP); FILAMENTOUS MEGABACTERIA; GAMMA PROTEOBACTERIA; PROTISTS; THIOPLOCA;

BACTERIA;

EID: 42149116384     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.782209     Document Type: Conference Paper

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