An oligarchic microbial assemblage in the anoxic bottom waters of a volcanic subglacial lake

ISME Journal

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 486-497

  Gaidos, Eric ^a,b   Marteinsson, Viggo ^c   Thorsteinsson, Thorsteinn ^d   Jóhannesson, Tomas ^e   Rúnarsson, Árni Rafn ^c   Stefansson, Andri ^f   Glazer, Brian ^a   Lanoil, Brian ^g,j   Skidmore, Mark ^h   Han, Sukkyun ^g   Miller, Mary ⁱ   Rusch, Antje ^a   Foo, Wilson ^g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^b NASA HEADQUARTERS   (United States)

^c Matis ohf Iceland   (Iceland)

^d National Energy Authority Reykjavik   (Iceland)

^e ICELANDIC METEOROLOGICAL OFFICE   (Iceland)

^f UNIVERSITY OF ICELAND   (Iceland)

^g UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^h MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

ⁱ University of Texas Medical Branch School of Medicine   (United States)

^j UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

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Author keywords

Acetogenesis; Anoxia; Extreme environments; Microbial diversity; Psychrophily; Sulfide oxidation

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; BACTERIAL RNA; RIBOSOME DNA; RNA 16S;

ARCHAEBACTERIUM; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; DNA SEQUENCE; GENETICS; ICELAND; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PHYLOGENY; RNA GENE; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

ARCHAEA; BACTERIA; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; GENES, RRNA; ICELAND; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; RNA, BACTERIAL; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, NUCLEIC ACID; WATER MICROBIOLOGY;

ARCHAEA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 63349098143     PISSN: 17517362     EISSN: 17517370     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ismej.2008.124     Document Type: Article

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