Microbial diversity within basement fluids of the sediment-buried Juan de Fuca Ridge flank

ISME Journal

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 161-172

  Jungbluth, Sean P ^a,b   Grote, Jana ^a   Lin, Huei Ting ^b   Cowen, James P ^b   Rappé, Michael S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

deep subsurface; diversity; IODP; Juan de Fuca Ridge; marine microorganisms; SSU ribosomal RNA gene

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; RNA 16S; SEA WATER; SILICATE;

AQUIFER; BIOSPHERE; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; MICROBIOLOGY; PHYLOGENETICS; SEAFLOOR; SEAWATER; SEDIMENT ANALYSIS; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM; BASALT; BIODIVERSITY; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; PACIFIC OCEAN; PHYLOGENY; RNA GENE; SEDIMENT;

BACTERIA; BIODIVERSITY; DNA, BACTERIAL; GENES, RRNA; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; PACIFIC OCEAN; PHYLOGENY; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEAWATER; SILICATES;

JUAN DE FUCA RIDGE; PACIFIC OCEAN;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CRENARCHAEOTA; FIRMICUTES; GAMMAPROTEOBACTERIA;

EID: 84871364969     PISSN: 17517362     EISSN: 17517370     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ismej.2012.73     Document Type: Article

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