Anaerobic methanotrophic community of a 5346-m-deep vesicomyid clam colony in the Japan Trench

Geobiology

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 183-199

  Felden, J ^a,b   Ruff, S E ^a   Ertefai, T ^b   Inagaki, F ^c   Hinrichs, K U ^b   Wenzhofer F ^a,d  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR MARINE MICROBIOLOGY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

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

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BIVALVIA; DESULFOBULBACEAE; SULFUROVUM; VESICOMYIDAE;

METHANE; RNA 16S; SULFATE;

ANAEROBIC GROWTH; ANIMAL; ARCHAEON; BACTERIAL PHENOMENA AND FUNCTIONS; BACTERIUM; BIOTA; BIVALVE; CHEMISTRY; DNA SEQUENCE; GENETICS; HYDROTHERMAL VENT; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LIPID METABOLISM; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PACIFIC OCEAN; PHYLOGENY; PHYSIOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEDIMENT;

ANAEROBIOSIS; ANIMALS; ARCHAEA; BACTERIA; BACTERIAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; BIOTA; BIVALVIA; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; HYDROTHERMAL VENTS; LIPID METABOLISM; METHANE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PACIFIC OCEAN; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SULFATES;

EID: 84898843388     PISSN: 14724677     EISSN: 14724669     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/gbi.12078     Document Type: Article

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