A constant flux of diverse thermophilic bacteria into the cold arctic seabed

Science

Volumn 325, Issue 5947, 2009, Pages 1541-1544

  Hubert, Casey ^a   Loy, Alexander ^b   Nickel, Maren ^a   Arnosti, Carol ^c   Baranyi, Christian ^b   Brüchert, Volker ^a,e   Ferdelman, Timothy ^a   Finster, Kai ^d   Christensen, Flemming Mønsted ^d   De Rezende, Júlia Rosa ^a,d   Vandieken, Verona ^a,f   Jørgensen, Bo Barker ^a,d  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR MARINE MICROBIOLOGY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^c University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

^d AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^e STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^f UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARABINOGALACTAN; PETROLEUM; SULFATE; VOLATILE FATTY ACID;

ARCTIC ENVIRONMENT; COLD REGION; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FLUID FLOW; GERMINATION; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; METABOLISM; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; SEAFLOOR;

ARCTIC; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL ENDOSPORE; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; FERMENTATION; FIRMICUTES; FLUID FLOW; GERMINATION; HYDROLYSIS; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; MICROBIAL DIVERSITY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESERVOIR; SEA; THERMOPHILIC BACTERIUM;

ANAEROBIOSIS; ARCTIC REGIONS; BACTERIA; BACTERIAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; BIODIVERSITY; COLD CLIMATE; COLD TEMPERATURE; ECOSYSTEM; FATTY ACIDS, VOLATILE; FERMENTATION; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; HOT TEMPERATURE; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; PHYLOGENY; SPORES, BACTERIAL; SULFATES;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); FIRMICUTES;

EID: 70349321701     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: 10959203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.1174012     Document Type: Article

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