Activity and abundance of denitrifying bacteria in the subsurface biosphere of diffuse hydrothermal vents of the Juan de Fuca Ridge

Biogeosciences

Volumn 9, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 4661-4678

  Bourbonnais, A ^a   Juniper, S K ^a   Butterfield, D A ^b,c   Devol, A H ^d   Kuypers, M M M ^e   Lavik, G ^e   Hallam, S J ^f   Wenk, C B ^g   Chang, B X ^h   Murdock, S A ^a   Lehmann, M F ^g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^e MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR MARINE MICROBIOLOGY   (Germany)

^f UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^g UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^h PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BACTERIUM; BIOASSAY; BIODIVERSITY; BIOSPHERE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DENITRIFICATION; DISSOLVED INORGANIC NITROGEN; HYDROGEN SULFIDE; HYDROTHERMAL VENT; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; NITROGEN ISOTOPE; NITROUS OXIDE; NUTRIENT LIMITATION; PH; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTY; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; SEAWATER; TRANSFORMATION; VOLCANO;

JUAN DE FUCA RIDGE; PACIFIC OCEAN;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); PROTEOBACTERIA;

EID: 84870228310     PISSN: 17264170     EISSN: 17264189     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/bg-9-4661-2012     Document Type: Article

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