Biomarkers Reveal Diverse Microbial Communities in Black Smoker Sulfides from Turtle Pits (Mid-Atlantic Ridge, Recent) and Yaman Kasy (Russia, Silurian)

Geomicrobiology Journal

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 66-75

  Blumenberg, Martin ^a   Seifert, Richard ^b   Buschmann, Bernd ^c   Kiel, Steffen ^a   Thiel, Volker ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

^c TU BERGAKADEMIE FREIBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Aquificales; black smoker; hydrothermal; Massive sulfides; methanogenic Archaea

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; BIOMARKER; BLACK SMOKER; DEEP SEA; HYDROTHERMAL VENT; MASSIVE SULFIDE; METHANOGENIC BACTERIUM; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; ORGANIC MATTER; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; MID-ATLANTIC RIDGE; RUSSIAN FEDERATION;

AQUIFICALES; ARCHAEA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); TESTUDINES;

EID: 84858028749     PISSN: 01490451     EISSN: 15210529     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01490451.2010.523445     Document Type: Article

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