The pH and pCO2 dependence of sulfate reduction in shallow-sea hydrothermal CO2-venting sediments (Milos Island, Greece)

Frontiers in Microbiology

Volumn 4, Issue MAY, 2013, Pages

  Bayraktarov, Elisa ^a,d   Price, Roy E ^b,e   Ferdelman, Timothy G ^a,b   Finster, Kai ^c  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR MARINE MICROBIOLOGY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

^c AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^d LEIBNIZ CENTRE FOR TROPICAL MARINE RESEARCH ZMT   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Extreme environment; Microbial activity; pH effect; Shallow seahydrothermal vents; Sulfate reduction; Sulfate reduction rate

Indexed keywords

SULFIDE;

ALKALINITY; ARTICLE; CARBON DIOXIDE TENSION; CHEMICAL REACTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; GEOCHEMISTRY; HYDROTHERMAL VENT; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; NONHUMAN; PH; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; SEA; SEDIMENT; SULFATE REDUCTION; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 84884268543     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1664302X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2013.00111     Document Type: Article

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