Adaptation of chemosynthetic microorganisms to elevated mercury concentrations in deep-sea hydrothermal vents

Limnology and Oceanography

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 41-49

  Crespo Medina, Melitza ^a   Chatziefthimiou, Aspassia D ^a   Bloom, Nicolas S ^b   Luther III, George W ^c   Wright, Derek D ^a   Reinfelder, John R ^a   Vetriani, Costantino ^a   Barkay, Tamar ^a  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Studio Geochimica   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; BACTERIUM; CHEMOSYNTHESIS; DETOXIFICATION; ECOTOXICOLOGY; GEOCHEMICAL CYCLE; HYDROTHERMAL VENT; MASS BALANCE; MERCURY (ELEMENT); MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; MOBILITY; THIOSULFATE;

EAST PACIFIC RISE; PACIFIC OCEAN;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 60249092884     PISSN: 00243590     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4319/lo.2009.54.1.0041     Document Type: Article

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