Heterotrophic archaea contribute to carbon cycling in low-pH, suboxic biofilm communities

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 78, Issue 23, 2012, Pages 8321-8330

  Justice, Nicholas B ^a   Pan, Chongle ^b   Mueller, Ryan ^a,c   Spaulding, Susan E ^a   Shah, Vega ^a,d   Sun, Christine L ^a   Yelton, Alexis P ^a   Miller, Christopher S ^a,e   Thomas, Brian C ^a   Shah, Manesh ^b   VerBerkmoes, Nathan ^b,f   Hettich, Robert ^b   Banfield, Jillian F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^f NEW ENGLAND BIOLABS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACID HYDROLYSIS; ACID MINE DRAINAGE; ACID MODIFICATION; AIR-SOLUTION INTERFACE; ANAEROBIC CONDITIONS; ARCHAEA; BACTERIAL CELLS; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CARBON CYCLING; CARBON SUBSTRATES; FERRIC IRON; FLUORESCENT IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; METAGENOMIC ANALYSIS; MICROAEROBICS; MICROBIAL BIOFILM; MICROBIAL COMMUNITIES; NUTRIENT CYCLING; PROTEOMIC ANALYSIS; RICHMOND MINE;

AMINO ACIDS; CARBON; HYDROLYSIS; IRON COMPOUNDS; MICROORGANISMS; PROTEINS; PROTEOLYSIS;

BIOFILMS;

ARCHAEAL RNA; BACTERIAL RNA; CARBON; RNA 16S;

ACID MINE DRAINAGE; BIOFILM; CARBON CYCLE; CHEMOAUTOTROPHY; HETEROTROPHY; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; PH; PROKARYOTE; SUBOXIC CONDITIONS;

AEROBIC METABOLISM; ANAEROBIC GROWTH; ARCHAEON; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL PHENOMENA AND FUNCTIONS; BACTERIUM; BIOFILM; BIOTA; CLASSIFICATION; DNA SEQUENCE; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HETEROTROPHY; METABOLISM; METAGENOME; MICROBIOLOGY; PH; PHYSIOLOGY; RNA GENE;

AEROBIOSIS; ANAEROBIOSIS; ARCHAEA; BACTERIA; BACTERIAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; BIOFILMS; BIOTA; CARBON; ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY; GENES, RRNA; HETEROTROPHIC PROCESSES; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; METAGENOME; RNA, ARCHAEAL; RNA, BACTERIAL; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); FERROPLASMA; NANOARCHAEOTA; THERMOPLASMATA;

EID: 84870851163     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.01938-12     Document Type: Article

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