Bacterial communities associated with subsurface geochemical processes in continental serpentinite springs

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 79, Issue 13, 2013, Pages 3906-3916

  Brazelton, William J ^a   Morrill, Penny L ^b   Szponar, Natalie ^b   Schrenk, Matthew O ^a  

^a EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL COMMUNITY; DEEP-SEA HYDROTHERMAL VENTS; GEOCHEMICAL MEASUREMENTS; GEOCHEMICAL PROCESS; MICROBIAL COMMUNITIES; MOLECULAR FINGERPRINTING; ORGANIC CARBON COMPOUNDS; SUBSURFACE BIOSPHERE;

BIOSPHERICS; ECOSYSTEMS; GEOCHEMISTRY; HOT SPRINGS; RNA;

HYDROGEN;

IRON; RNA 16S;

BIOGEOGRAPHY; BIOSPHERE; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HYDROTHERMAL VENT; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; MICROBIAL ECOLOGY; SERPENTINITE; SERPENTINIZATION; SPRING WATER; SUBTERRANEAN ENVIRONMENT; ULTRAMAFIC ROCK;

ARTICLE; BETAPROTEOBACTERIA; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIOTA; CANADA; CHEMISTRY; DNA FINGERPRINTING; DNA SEQUENCE; GENETICS; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NATURAL SPRING; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PH; PHYLOGENY; STATISTICAL MODEL;

BASE SEQUENCE; BETAPROTEOBACTERIA; BIOTA; DNA FINGERPRINTING; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIA; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; IRON; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; MODELS, GENETIC; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NATURAL SPRINGS; NEWFOUNDLAND AND LABRADOR; PHYLOGENY; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; WATER MICROBIOLOGY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BETAPROTEOBACTERIA; ERYSIPELOTHRIX; FIRMICUTES; HYDROGENOPHAGA;

EID: 84879801118     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.00330-13     Document Type: Article

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