Microbial methane turnover at Marmara Sea cold seeps: A combined 16S rRNA and lipid biomarker investigation

Geobiology

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 55-71

  Chevalier, N ^a   Bouloubassi, I ^a   Birgel, D ^b   Taphanel, M H ^a   Lopez Garcia P ^c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PIERRE ET MARIE CURIE   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^c UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SUD   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEAL DNA; BACTERIAL DNA; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; METHANE; RNA 16S;

ALKENE; ANOXIC CONDITIONS; BIOMARKER; CARBON ISOTOPE; CLADISTICS; COLD SEEP; FATTY ACID; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC ALGORITHM; GENETIC ANALYSIS; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; LIPID; METHANE; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; OXIDATION;

ARCHAEON; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM; BIODIVERSITY; CLASSIFICATION; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LIPID METABOLISM; MASS FRAGMENTOGRAPHY; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; TURKEY (REPUBLIC);

ARCHAEA; BACTERIA; BIODIVERSITY; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA, ARCHAEAL; DNA, BACTERIAL; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; LIPID METABOLISM; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; METHANE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, RNA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; TURKEY;

SEA OF MARMARA; TURKEY;

ARCHAEA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); DESULFOBULBUS; UNCULTURED BACTERIUM;

EID: 84870891230     PISSN: 14724677     EISSN: 14724669     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/gbi.12014     Document Type: Article

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