Linking microbial heterotrophic activity and sediment lithology in oxic, oligotrophic sub-seafloor sediments of the North Atlantic Ocean

Frontiers in Microbiology

Volumn 2, Issue DEC, 2011, Pages

  Picard, Aude ^a,b   Ferdelman, Timothy G ^a,b  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR MARINE MICROBIOLOGY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Deep biosphere; Heterotrophy; Marine sediment; Microbial activity; Oxic

Indexed keywords

EID: 84864970988     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1664302X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2011.00263     Document Type: Article

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