Beyond the Calvin cycle: Autotrophic carbon fixation in the ocean

Annual Review of Marine Science

Volumn 3, Issue , 2011, Pages 261-289

  Hügler, Michael ^a   Sievert, Stefan M ^b  

^a Water Technology Center   (Germany)

^b WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

Author keywords

bathypelagic; hydrothermal vents; marine microbiology; mesopelagic; oxygen deficiency zones; reductive TCA cycle; subseafloor

Indexed keywords

BATHYPELAGIC; HYDROTHERMAL VENT; MESOPELAGIC; OXYGEN DEFICIENCY ZONES; SUB-SEAFLOOR; TCA CYCLE;

CARBON DIOXIDE; ECOSYSTEMS; HOT SPRINGS; MARINE BIOLOGY;

CARBON;

AUTOTROPHY; BIOCHEMISTRY; CARBON CYCLE; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON FIXATION; ENERGY FLOW; HYDROTHERMAL VENT; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; MESOPELAGIC ZONE; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; ORGANIC CARBON; OXYGEN MINIMUM LAYER; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; SEAFLOOR;

ARCHAEBACTERIUM; AUTOTROPHY; BACTERIUM; CARBON CYCLE; METABOLISM; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW; SEA;

ARCHAEA; AUTOTROPHIC PROCESSES; BACTERIA; CARBON CYCLE; OCEANS AND SEAS; PHOTOSYNTHESIS;

EID: 79953023347     PISSN: 19411405     EISSN: 19410611     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev-marine-120709-142712     Document Type: Article

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