In situ enrichment of Ocean crust microbes on igneous minerals and glasses using an osmotic flow-through device

Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 2011, Pages

  Smith, Amy ^a   Popa, Radu ^a   Fisk, Martin ^b   Nielsen, Mark ^c   Wheat, C Geoffrey ^d   Jannasch, Hans W ^e   Fisher, Andrew T ^f   Becker, Keir ^g   Sievert, Stefan M ^h   Flores, Gilberto ^a  

^a PORTLAND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

^e MONTEREY BAY AQUARIUM RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

^h WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

Author keywords

basalt; iron oxidizers; Juan de Fuca; nitrate reducers; olivine; subseafloor

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; BOREHOLES; GLASS; IGNEOUS ROCKS; IRON; OCEANOGRAPHY; OFFSHORE OIL WELLS; OLIVINE; ROCKS; SEAWATER;

18S RDNA; CELL DENSITY; CULTURABLE; FLOW CELLS; FLOWTHROUGH; FLUORESCENT STAINING; IGNEOUS MINERAL; IN-SITU; IRON OXIDATION; IRON OXIDIZERS; JUAN DE FUCA; MESOPHILES; MESOPHILIC; MICROBIAL COLONIZATION; MICROBIAL COMMUNITIES; MINERAL SAMPLES; NITRATE REDUCTION; OCEAN CRUST; OCEAN DRILLING PROGRAMS; ORGANOTROPHS; PHYLOTYPES; PHYSIOLOGICAL CHARACTERISTICS; SUB-SEAFLOOR; UNIDIRECTIONAL FLOW;

MINERALS;

BASALT; IGNEOUS ROCK; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; OCEAN DRILLING PROGRAM; OCEANIC CRUST; OLIVINE;

JUAN DE FUCA RIDGE; PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 79959586513     PISSN: 15252027     EISSN: 15252027     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2010GC003424     Document Type: Article

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