Viral infections stimulate the metabolism and shape prokaryotic assemblages in submarine mud volcanoes

ISME Journal

Volumn 6, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1250-1259

  Corinaldesi, Cinzia ^a   Dell'Anno, Antonio ^a   Danovaro, Roberto ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÀ POLITECNICA DELLE MARCHE   (Italy)

Author keywords

marine sediments; mud volcanoes; viral production; virus prokaryote interactions

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; COLD SEEP; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; DISSOLVED ORGANIC MATTER; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; MARINE SEDIMENT; METABOLISM; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; MICROBIAL ECOLOGY; MORTALITY; MUD VOLCANO; PROKARYOTE; TROPHIC CONTROL; VIRAL DISEASE;

ARCHAEON; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM; BIOMASS; ECOSYSTEM; HETEROTROPHY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; PATHOGENICITY; SEDIMENT; VIROLOGY; VIRUS;

ARCHAEA; BACTERIA; BIOMASS; ECOSYSTEM; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; HETEROTROPHIC PROCESSES; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; VIRUSES;

MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

ARCHAEA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); PROKARYOTA;

EID: 84861346039     PISSN: 17517362     EISSN: 17517370     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ismej.2011.185     Document Type: Article

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