Organic Sulfur Metabolisms in Hydrothermal Environments

Geobiology

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 320-332

  Rogers, Karyn L ^a,b   Schulte, Mitchell D ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^b GEOPHYSICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c NASA HEADQUARTERS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ORGANIC COMPOUND; SEA WATER; SULFUR DERIVATIVE;

ALCOHOL; ANOXIC CONDITIONS; DEEP SEA; HABITAT TYPE; HYDROTHERMAL VENT; LOW TEMPERATURE; METABOLISM; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; NUMERICAL MODEL; ORGANIC SULFUR COMPOUND; OXIC CONDITIONS; OXYGEN; THERMODYNAMICS;

ARTICLE; ENERGY METABOLISM; HYDROTHERMAL VENT; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; PACIFIC OCEAN; THERMODYNAMICS;

ENERGY METABOLISM; HYDROTHERMAL VENTS; ORGANIC CHEMICALS; PACIFIC OCEAN; SEAWATER; SULFUR COMPOUNDS; THERMODYNAMICS;

EAST PACIFIC RISE; PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 84862184713     PISSN: 14724677     EISSN: 14724669     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1472-4669.2012.00324.x     Document Type: Article

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