Spatial structure and activity of sedimentary microbial communities underlying a Beggiatoa spp. mat in a Gulf of Mexico hydrocarbon seep

PLoS ONE

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2010, Pages

  Lloyd, Karen G ^a   Albert, Daniel B ^a   Biddle, Jennifer F ^a   Chanton, Jeffrey P ^b   Pizarro, Oscar ^c   Teske, Andreas ^a  

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

^b FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL RNA; CARBON; HYDROCARBON; HYDROGEN SULFITE REDUCTASE; METHANE; RNA 16S; SULFATE; SULFUR; TRACER; MESSENGER RNA; SEA WATER;

ARCHAEBACTERIUM; ARTICLE; BEGGIATOA; BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DESULFOBACTERACEAE; DESULFOBULBACEAE; GENE EXPRESSION; GEOCHEMISTRY; MEXICO; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; MICROBIAL DIVERSITY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OXIDATION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA EXTRACTION; RNA SEQUENCE; RNA TRANSCRIPTION; SEDIMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE TAGGED SITE; STEADY STATE; SULFATE REDUCER; CLASSIFICATION; GENETICS; MICROBIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ARCHAEA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BEGGIATOA; DESULFOBACTERACEAE; DESULFOBULBACEAE;

BEGGIATOA; RNA, MESSENGER; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEAWATER; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; WATER MICROBIOLOGY;

EID: 77649303058     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0008738     Document Type: Article

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