Substrate-specific pressure-dependence of microbial sulfate reduction in deep-sea cold seep sediments of the Japan Trench

Frontiers in Microbiology

Volumn 3, Issue JUL, 2012, Pages

  Vossmeyer, Antje ^a   Deusner, Christian ^a,b   Kato, Chiaki ^c   Inagaki, Fumio ^c   Ferdelman, Timothy G ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR MARINE MICROBIOLOGY   (Germany)

^b GEOMAR HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR OCEAN RESEARCH KIEL   (Germany)

^c JAPAN AGENCY FOR MARINE EARTH SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Biogeochemical processes; Deep sea; Hydrostatic pressure; Piezophile; Sulfate reduction

Indexed keywords

EID: 84873829064     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1664302X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2012.00253     Document Type: Article

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