Functional genes as markers for sulfur cycling and CO2 fixation in microbial communities of hydrothermal vents of the Logatchev field

FEMS Microbiology Ecology

Volumn 73, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 526-537

  Hügler, Michael ^a   Gärtner, Andrea ^a   Imhoff, Johannes F ^a  

^a GEOMAR HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR OCEAN RESEARCH KIEL   (Germany)

Author keywords

APS reductase; ATP citrate lyase; CO2 fixation; hydrothermal vent; RubisCO; sox enzyme system

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; CARBON DIOXIDE; RNA 16S; SEA WATER; SULFUR;

BIOMARKER; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON FIXATION; CHEMOAUTOTROPHY; DEEP SEA; ENZYME ACTIVITY; HYDROTHERMAL VENT; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; OXIDATION; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; SULFUR CYCLE; TROPHIC LEVEL;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; CLASSIFICATION; DNA SEQUENCE; EPSILONPROTEOBACTERIA; GAMMAPROTEOBACTERIA; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; PHYLOGENY;

CARBON DIOXIDE; DNA, BACTERIAL; EPSILONPROTEOBACTERIA; GAMMAPROTEOBACTERIA; GENES, BACTERIAL; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; PHYLOGENY; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEAWATER; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SULFUR;

EPSILONPROTEOBACTERIA; GAMMAPROTEOBACTERIA;

EID: 77955241081     PISSN: 01686496     EISSN: 15746941     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6941.2010.00919.x     Document Type: Article

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