Nitrate-based niche differentiation by distinct sulfate-reducing bacteria involved in the anaerobic oxidation of methane

ISME Journal

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 150-163

  Green Saxena, A ^a   Dekas, A E ^b,c   Dalleska, N F ^a   Orphan, V J ^b  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Desulfobulbaceae; methane seep; niche differentiation; nitrate assimilation; symbiosis

Indexed keywords

METHANE; NITRATE;

ABUNDANCE; ANOXIC CONDITIONS; BACTERIUM; COEXISTENCE; CORRELATION; ECOPHYSIOLOGY; GEOCHEMICAL METHOD; METHANE; NICHE PARTITIONING; NITRATE; OXIDATION; SEEPAGE; SUBSTRATE; SULFATE-REDUCING BACTERIUM; SYMBIOSIS;

ARCHAEON; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; DELTAPROTEOBACTERIA; ECOSYSTEM; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; PHYLOGENY; PHYSIOLOGY; SEDIMENT;

ARCHAEA; DELTAPROTEOBACTERIA; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION, FLUORESCENCE; METHANE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NITRATES; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; PHYLOGENY;

CALIFORNIA; EEL BASIN; UNITED STATES;

ARCHAEA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); DESULFOBACTERACEAE; DESULFOBULBACEAE;

EID: 84891157577     PISSN: 17517362     EISSN: 17517370     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ismej.2013.147     Document Type: Article

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