Culturable prokaryotic diversity of deep, gas hydrate sediments: First use of a continuous high-pressure, anaerobic, enrichment and isolation system for subseafloor sediments (DeepIsoBUG)

Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 11, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 3140-3153

  Parkes, R John ^a   Sellek, Gerard ^a   Webster, Gordon ^a,b   Martin, Derek ^a   Anders, Erik ^c   Weightman, Andrew J ^b   Sass, Henrik ^a  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SEA WATER;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM; CLASSIFICATION; CULTURE TECHNIQUE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; SEA; SEDIMENT;

BACTERIA; CELL CULTURE TECHNIQUES; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; OCEANS AND SEAS; SEAWATER;

ACETOBACTERIUM; BACTEROIDETES; CARNOBACTERIUM; CLOSTRIDIUM; MARINILACTIBACILLUS; PROKARYOTA; PSEUDOMONAS;

EID: 71249145700     PISSN: 14622912     EISSN: 14622920     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1462-2920.2009.02018.x     Document Type: Article

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