Metagenomic analysis of hadopelagic microbial assemblages thriving at the deepest part of Mediterranean Sea, Matapan-Vavilov Deep

Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 167-182

  Smedile, Francesco ^a   Messina, Enzo ^a   La Cono, Violetta ^a   Tsoy, Olga ^b   Monticelli, Luis S ^a   Borghini, Mireno ^c   Giuliano, Laura ^a,d   Golyshin, Peter N ^e   Mushegian, Arcady ^b,f   Yakimov, Michail M ^a  

^a CNR   (Italy)

^b STOWERS INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH   (United States)

^c INSTITUTE OF MARINE SCIENCES   (Italy)

^d Mediterranean Science Commission (CIESM)   (Monaco)

^e BANGOR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^f UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SEA WATER;

ALTEROMONAS; ARCHAEON; ARTICLE; AUTOTROPHY; BIODIVERSITY; CLASSIFICATION; ECOSYSTEM; ENZYMOLOGY; GENETICS; GREECE; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; METAGENOME; METAGENOMICS; MICROBIOLOGY; PHYLOGENY; SEA; VIRUS;

ALTEROMONAS; ARCHAEA; AUTOTROPHIC PROCESSES; BIODIVERSITY; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY; GREECE; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; METAGENOME; METAGENOMICS; OCEANS AND SEAS; PHYLOGENY; SEAWATER; VIRUSES;

ALTEROMONAS; ALTEROMONAS MACLEODII 'DEEP ECOTYPE'; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 84871933403     PISSN: 14622912     EISSN: 14622920     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1462-2920.2012.02827.x     Document Type: Article

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