Sulfur-oxidizing chemolithotrophic proteobacteria dominate the microbiota in high arctic thermal springs on svalbard

Astrobiology

Volumn 11, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 665-678

  Reigstad, Laila Johanne ^a   Jorgensen, Steffen Leth ^a   Lauritzen, Stein Erik ^a   Schleper, Christa ^a,b   Urich, Tim ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

Arctic; Cave system; Chemolithotrophic microorganisms; Svalbard; Thaumarchaeota; Thermal springs

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEAL DNA; BACTERIAL DNA; GROUND WATER; RNA 16S; SULFUR;

ARCHAEBACTERIUM; ARCTIC; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; METAGENOME; MICROBIOLOGY; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; PROTEOBACTERIA; SVALBARD AND JAN MAYEN;

ARCHAEA; ARCTIC REGIONS; DNA, ARCHAEAL; DNA, BACTERIAL; GROUNDWATER; METAGENOME; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; PROTEOBACTERIA; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SULFUR; SVALBARD;

ARCHAEA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); NITROSPIRA; PROKARYOTA; PROTEOBACTERIA; SULFUROVUM;

EID: 80053018256     PISSN: 15311074     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/ast.2010.0551     Document Type: Article

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