Abundance and diversity of microbial life in ocean crust

Nature

Volumn 453, Issue 7195, 2008, Pages 653-656

  Santelli, Cara M ^a   Orcutt, Beth N ^b   Banning, Erin ^a   Bach, Wolfgang ^a,c   Moyer, Craig L ^d   Sogin, Mitchell L ^e   Staudigel, Hubert ^f   Edwards, Katrina J ^a,b  

^a WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

^d WESTERN WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e MARINE BIOLOGICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RIBOSOME RNA; SEA WATER;

ABUNDANCE; BACTERIUM; BASALT; CARBON CYCLE; LAVA; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; PHYLOGENETICS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEAFLOOR; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS;

ARTICLE; BASALT; BIOSPHERE; CARBON CYCLING; CHEMOLITHOAUTOTROPH; HABITAT STRUCTURE; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; LITHOSPHERE; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; MICROBIAL DIVERSITY; MICROSCOPY; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROKARYOTIC CELL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; UNITED STATES;

EAST PACIFIC RISE; HAWAII [UNITED STATES]; NORTH AMERICA; PACIFIC OCEAN; UNITED STATES;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); PROKARYOTA;

EID: 44449094057     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature06899     Document Type: Article

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