Mats of psychrophilic thiotrophic bacteria associated with cold seeps of the Barents Sea

Biogeosciences

Volumn 9, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 2947-2960

  Grunke S ^a,b   Lichtschlag, A ^b   De Beer, D ^b   Felden, J ^a   Salman, V ^b   Ramette, A ^a   Schulz Vogt, H N ^b   Boetius, A ^a  

^a ALFRED WEGENER INSTITUTE FOR POLAR AND MARINE RESEARCH   (Germany)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR MARINE MICROBIOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANOXIC CONDITIONS; BACTERIUM; COLD SEEP; CONTINENTAL MARGIN; DEEP SEA; MICROBIAL MAT; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; OXIDATION; OXYGEN; PHYLOGENETICS; SEAFLOOR; SEAWATER; SULFIDE; SULFUR;

ARCTIC OCEAN; BARENTS SEA;

EID: 84879888830     PISSN: 17264170     EISSN: 17264189     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/bg-9-2947-2012     Document Type: Article

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