Method for Assessing Mineral Composition-Dependent Patterns in Microbial Diversity Using Magnetic and Density Separation

Geomicrobiology Journal

Volumn 29, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 435-449

  Harrison, Benjamin K ^a   Orphan, Victoria J ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

hydrothermal vent; methane oxidation; mineral separation; sulfate reduction; sulfide mineralogy

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; CLAY MINERAL; COLONIZATION; HARD ROCK; HYDROTHERMAL VENT; MAGNETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; MICROSCOPY; MINERALOGY; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; OPTIMIZATION; SEDIMENT CHEMISTRY; SEPARATION; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SULFATE-REDUCING BACTERIUM; SULFIDE GROUP; TESTING METHOD;

CALIFORNIA; EEL BASIN; UNITED STATES;

ARCHAEA;

EID: 84859206556     PISSN: 01490451     EISSN: 15210529     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01490451.2011.581327     Document Type: Article

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