Functional characterization of the microbial community in geothermally heated marine sediments

Microbial Ecology

Volumn 55, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 723-736

  Rusch, Antje ^a,b   Amend, Jan P ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SEA WATER; SULFATE;

ARCHAEBACTERIUM; ARTICLE; AUTOTROPHY; BACTERIAL COUNT; BIODIVERSITY; CULTURE MEDIUM; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; GENETICS; HEAT; HETEROTROPHY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; PHYLOGENY; SEDIMENT; THERMUS;

ARCHAEA; AUTOTROPHIC PROCESSES; BIODIVERSITY; CHROMATOGRAPHY, GAS; CHROMATOGRAPHY, LIQUID; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; CULTURE MEDIA; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; HEAT; HETEROTROPHIC PROCESSES; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION, FLUORESCENCE; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; PHYLOGENY; SEAWATER; SULFATES; THERMUS; WATER MICROBIOLOGY;

ARCHAEA; ARCHAEOGLOBALES; COCCOIDEA; CRENARCHAEOTA; THERMUS; THERMUS SP.; UNIDENTIFIED ARCHAEON;

EID: 42649109040     PISSN: 00953628     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00248-007-9315-1     Document Type: Article

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