Geomicrobial characterization of gas hydrate-bearing sediments along the mid-Chilean margin

FEMS Microbiology Ecology

Volumn 65, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 15-30

  Hamdan, Leila J ^a   Gillevet, Patrick M ^b   Sikaroodi, Masoumeh ^b   Pohlman, John W ^a   Plummer, Rebecca E ^a   Coffin, Richard B ^a  

^a NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

AOM; Bacterial diversity; Chilean margin; Length heterogeneity PCR; Methane; Sulfate

Indexed keywords

CARBON; DNA; METHANE;

ANOXIC CONDITIONS; BACTERIUM; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; CORE ANALYSIS; DOMINANCE; GAS; MARINE SEDIMENT; METHANE; OXIDATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RIVER BASIN; SPECIES DIVERSITY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

AMPLICON; ARTICLE; DNA SEQUENCE; GAS; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; GEOCHEMICAL ANALYSIS; HYDRATION; MICROBIAL DIVERSITY; MOLECULAR CLONING; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OXIDATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEDIMENT; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TREPONEMA;

ANAEROBIOSIS; BACTERIA; CHILE; DELTAPROTEOBACTERIA; DNA, BACTERIAL; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; METHANE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OCEANS AND SEAS; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SULFATES; TREPONEMA;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; CALIFORNIA; CASCADIA MARGIN; CHILEAN MARGIN; EEL BASIN; GULF OF MEXICO; NORTH AMERICA; PACIFIC OCEAN; UNITED STATES;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); DESULFOSARCINA VARIABILIS; TREPONEMA; VERRUCOMICROBIA;

EID: 45149129177     PISSN: 01686496     EISSN: 15746941     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6941.2008.00507.x     Document Type: Article

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