Microbial Ecology of Fe (hydr)oxide Mats and Basaltic Rock from Vailulu'u Seamount, American Samoa

Geomicrobiology Journal

Volumn 26, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 581-596

  Sudek, Lisa A ^a   Templeton, Alexis S ^b   Tebo, Bradley M ^c   Staudigel, Hubert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^c OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Biogeochemical cycling; Community structure; Deep biosphere; Iron oxidizing bacteria; Molecular ecology

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM; BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLE; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; DEEP SEA; HYDROTHERMAL VENT; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; MICROBIAL ECOLOGY; MICROBIAL MAT; MOLECULAR ECOLOGY; SEAMOUNT;

AMERICAN SAMOA; PACIFIC ISLANDS; PACIFIC OCEAN; POLYNESIA;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); PROTEOBACTERIA;

EID: 71149096340     PISSN: 01490451     EISSN: 15210529     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01490450903263400     Document Type: Article

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