The metatranscriptome of a deep-sea hydrothermal plume is dominated by water column methanotrophs and lithotrophs

ISME Journal

Volumn 6, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 2257-2268

  Lesniewski, Ryan A ^a,b   Jain, Sunit ^a   Anantharaman, Karthik ^a   Schloss, Patrick D ^b   Dick, Gregory J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; ARCHAEAL DNA; BACTERIAL DNA; METHANE; SEA WATER; SULFUR;

ABUNDANCE; BACTERIUM; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DEEP SEA; GENE EXPRESSION; GENOMICS; HYDROTHERMAL PLUME; METHANE; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; OXIDATION; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; SEAWATER; SULFUR; WATER COLUMN;

ARCHAEON; ARTICLE; CHEMOAUTOTROPHY; DELTAPROTEOBACTERIA; GAMMAPROTEOBACTERIA; GENETICS; HYDROTHERMAL VENT; METABOLISM; METAGENOME; METAGENOMICS; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; PACIFIC OCEAN; PHYLOGENY; UNITED STATES;

AMMONIA; ARCHAEA; CALIFORNIA; CHEMOAUTOTROPHIC GROWTH; DELTAPROTEOBACTERIA; DNA, ARCHAEAL; DNA, BACTERIAL; GAMMAPROTEOBACTERIA; HYDROTHERMAL VENTS; METAGENOME; METAGENOMICS; METHANE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; PACIFIC OCEAN; PHYLOGENY; SEAWATER; SULFUR;

CARMEN BASIN; GUAYMAS BASIN; GULF OF CALIFORNIA; PACIFIC OCEAN;

ARCHAEA; DELTAPROTEOBACTERIA; GAMMAPROTEOBACTERIA; METHYLOCOCCACEAE;

EID: 84871274042     PISSN: 17517362     EISSN: 17517370     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ismej.2012.63     Document Type: Article

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