Microbial community diversity in seafloor basalt from the Arctic spreading ridges

FEMS Microbiology Ecology

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 213-230

  Lysnes, Kristine ^a   Thorseth, Ingunn H ^a   Steinsbu, Bjørn Olav ^a   Øvreås, Lise ^a   Torsvik, Terje ^a   Pedersen, Rolf B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

Author keywords

16S rRNA gene; Archaea; Arctic ridges; Bacteria; Basalt; Cultivation; Deep biosphere

Indexed keywords

DNA FRAGMENT; RIBOSOME DNA; RIBOSOME RNA; SEA WATER;

BASALT; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; PHYLOGENETICS; SEAFLOOR; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

ACTINOBACTERIA; ARCHAEBACTERIUM; ARCTIC; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BASALT; BIOSPHERE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA FINGERPRINTING; GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; MICROBIAL DIVERSITY; MICROFLORA; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEA; UNINDEXED SEQUENCE;

ARCHAEA; ARCTIC REGIONS; BACTERIA; BIODIVERSITY; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COLD TEMPERATURE; DNA FINGERPRINTING; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; ELECTROPHORESIS; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; IRON; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NUCLEIC ACID DENATURATION; PHYLOGENY; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEAWATER; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SILICATES;

ARCTIC OCEAN; OCEANIC REGIONS; WORLD;

ACTINOBACTERIA; ALPHAPROTEOBACTERIA; ARCHAEA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CHLOROFLEXI (CLASS); CRENARCHAEOTA; FIRMICUTES; GAMMAPROTEOBACTERIA;

EID: 8144231038     PISSN: 01686496     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.femsec.2004.06.014     Document Type: Article

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