Filamentous sulfur bacteria, Beggiatoa spp., in arctic marine sediments (Svalbard, 79°N)

FEMS Microbiology Ecology

Volumn 73, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 500-513

  Jørgensen, Bo Barker ^a,b   Dunker, Rita ^a   Grünke, Stefanie ^a   Røy, Hans ^b  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR MARINE MICROBIOLOGY   (Germany)

^b AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Arctic Ocean; Beggiatoa; benthic community; marine sediment; microbial mat; sulfur bacteria

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; NITRATE; RNA 16S; SEA WATER; SULFATE; NITRIC ACID DERIVATIVE;

ABUNDANCE; BENTHOS; BIOMASS; MARINE SEDIMENT; MICROBIAL MAT; SEAWATER; SULFATE-REDUCING BACTERIUM; WATER TEMPERATURE;

ARCTIC; ARTICLE; BEGGIATOA; BIOMASS; CLASSIFICATION; COLD; DNA SEQUENCE; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; PHYLOGENY; SEDIMENT; SVALBARD AND JAN MAYEN;

ARCTIC REGIONS; BEGGIATOA; BIOMASS; COLD TEMPERATURE; DNA, BACTERIAL; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; NITRATES; PHYLOGENY; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEAWATER; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SULFATES; SVALBARD;

ARCTIC OCEAN;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BEGGIATOA; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 77955237433     PISSN: 01686496     EISSN: 15746941     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6941.2010.00918.x     Document Type: Article

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