Colonization of subsurface microbial observatories deployed in young ocean crust

ISME Journal

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 692-703

  Orcutt, Beth N ^a,g   Bach, Wolfgang ^b   Becker, Keir ^c   Fisher, Andrew T ^d   Hentscher, Michael ^b   Toner, Brandy M ^e   Wheat, C Geoffrey ^f   Edwards, Katrina J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

^g AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

deep biosphere; geomicrobiology; hydrothermal; observatory; oceanic crust

Indexed keywords

FERRIC HYDROXIDE; FERRIC ION;

COLONIZATION; DEEP SEA; GEOMICROBIOLOGY; HYDROGEOLOGY; HYDROTHERMAL SYSTEM; METABOLISM; OBSERVATORY; OCEANIC CRUST; RESERVOIR; SEAFLOOR;

AQUATIC SPECIES; ARCHAEBACTERIUM; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; ECOSYSTEM; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; PHYLOGENY; SEA; SEDIMENT; THERMODYNAMICS;

AQUATIC ORGANISMS; ARCHAEA; BACTERIA; ECOSYSTEM; FERRIC COMPOUNDS; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; OCEANS AND SEAS; PHYLOGENY; THERMODYNAMICS;

JUAN DE FUCA RIDGE; PACIFIC OCEAN;

ARCHAEA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); FIRMICUTES; STREPTOPUS;

EID: 79953027916     PISSN: 17517362     EISSN: 17517370     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ismej.2010.157     Document Type: Article

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