Microbial diversity in cold seep sediments from the northern South China Sea

Geoscience Frontiers

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 301-316

  Zhang, Yong ^a,b   Su, Xin ^a,b   Chen, Fang ^c   Wang, Yuanyuan ^a,b   Jiao, Lu ^a,b   Dong, Hailiang ^a,d   Huang, Yongyang ^c   Jiang, Hongchen ^a,e  

^a CHINA UNIVERSITY OF GEOSCIENCES   (China)

^b CHINA UNIVERSITY OF GEOSCIENCES   (China)

^c Guangzhou Marine Geology Survey   (China)

^d MIAMI UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e China University of Geosciences   (China)

Author keywords

16S rRNA; Cold seep; Marine sediments; Microbial diversity; Northern South China Sea

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE ESTIMATION; COLD SEEP ORGANISM; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); MARINE SEDIMENT; METHANE; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; MICROBIAL MAT; PHYLOGENETICS; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SULFATE-REDUCING BACTERIUM;

PACIFIC OCEAN; SOUTH CHINA SEA;

ARCHAEA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BIVALVIA; CHLOROFLEXI; CHLOROFLEXI (CLASS);

EID: 84860313150     PISSN: 16749871     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gsf.2011.11.014     Document Type: Article

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