The radiocarbon signature of microorganisms in the mesopelagic ocean

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 106, Issue 16, 2009, Pages 6513-6518

  Hansman, Roberta L ^a,e   Griffin, Sheila ^b   Watson, Jordan T ^a   Druffel, Ellen R M ^b   Ingalls, Anitra E ^c   Pearson, Ann ^d   Aluwihare, Lihini I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^d HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Chemoautotrophy; Microbial metabolism; Particle flux; Particulate organic carbon (POC)

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; CARBON 14; NUCLEIC ACID; ORGANIC CARBON; BACTERIAL DNA; CARBON; NITRATE; NITRITE; OXYGEN;

ARTICLE; AUTOTROPHY; BIOMASS PRODUCTION; CARBON FIXATION; CARBON SOURCE; CHEMOAUTOTROPHY; CRENARCHAEOTA; MARINE SPECIES; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; MICROBIAL METABOLISM; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PACIFIC OCEAN; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ARCHAEBACTERIUM; BACTERIUM; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RADIOMETRY; SAMPLE SIZE; SEA; UNITED STATES;

ARCHAEA; BACTERIA; CARBON RADIOISOTOPES; DNA, BACTERIAL; HAWAII; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NITRATES; NITRITES; OCEANS AND SEAS; OXYGEN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RADIOMETRIC DATING; SAMPLE SIZE; WATER MICROBIOLOGY;

EID: 66149128102     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0810871106     Document Type: Article

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