Diversity and function in microbial mats from the Lucky Strike hydrothermal vent field

FEMS Microbiology Ecology

Volumn 76, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 524-540

  Crépeau, Valentin ^a   Cambon Bonavita, Marie Anne ^a   Lesongeur, Françoise ^a   Randrianalivelo, Henintsoa ^a   Sarradin, Pierre Marie ^b   Sarrazin, Jozée ^b   Godfroy, Anne ^a  

^a Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique   (France)

^b IFREMER   (France)

Author keywords

Bathymodiolus azoricus symbionts; Lucky Strike vent field; Metabolic diversity; Methane oxidation; Microbial mats; Sulfur oxidation

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEAL DNA; BACTERIAL DNA; CARBON; METHANE; RNA 16S; SEA WATER; SULFUR;

BACTERIUM; ENDOSYMBIONT; ENZYME ACTIVITY; HYDROTHERMAL VENT; METHANE; MICROBIAL MAT; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; OXIDATION; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SULFUR;

ANIMAL; ARCHAEBACTERIUM; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM; BIODIVERSITY; CLASSIFICATION; GENE LIBRARY; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MICROBIAL CONSORTIUM; MICROBIOLOGY; MYTILIDAE; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; PHYLOGENY; SYMBIOSIS;

ANIMALS; ARCHAEA; BACTERIA; BIODIVERSITY; CARBON; DNA, ARCHAEAL; DNA, BACTERIAL; GENE LIBRARY; METHANE; MICROBIAL CONSORTIA; MYTILIDAE; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; PHYLOGENY; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEAWATER; SULFUR; SYMBIOSIS;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; LUCKY STRIKE FIELD;

ARCHAEA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BACTEROIDETES; BATHYMODIOLUS AZORICUS; BATHYMODIOLUS SP.; BEGGIATOA; GAMMAPROTEOBACTERIA; METHYLOCOCCALES; PROTEOBACTERIA; THIOTRICHALES;

EID: 79955658125     PISSN: 01686496     EISSN: 15746941     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6941.2011.01070.x     Document Type: Article

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