Endospores of thermophilic bacteria as tracers of microbial dispersal by ocean currents

ISME Journal

Volumn 8, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 1153-1165

  Müller, Albert Leopold ^a,b   De Rezende, Júlia Rosa ^c,d   Hubert, Casey R J ^d   Kjeldsen, Kasper Urup ^c   Lagkouvardos, Ilias ^a   Berry, David ^a   Jørgensen, Bo Barker ^c   Loy, Alexander ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b Austrian Polar Research Institute   (Austria)

^c AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^d NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

biogeography; endospores; marine microorganisms; ocean currents; thermophiles

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOGRAPHICAL REGION; DISPERSAL; GROWTH RATE; MARINE SEDIMENT; OCEANIC CURRENT; OCEANIC GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; SEAFLOOR; SPORE; THERMOPHILIC BACTERIUM; TRACER;

ARCTIC; ATLANTIC OCEAN; BALTIC SEA; GULF OF CALIFORNIA; PACIFIC OCEAN; SVALBARD; SVALBARD AND JAN MAYEN;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); FIRMICUTES;

RNA 16S; SEA WATER;

ARCTIC; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL SPORE; BACTERIUM; CLASSIFICATION; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; PHYLOGENY; PHYLOGEOGRAPHY; SEA; SEDIMENT; TEMPERATURE; WATER FLOW;

ARCTIC REGIONS; BACTERIA; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; OCEANS AND SEAS; PHYLOGENY; PHYLOGEOGRAPHY; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEAWATER; SPORES, BACTERIAL; TEMPERATURE; WATER MOVEMENTS;

EID: 84901288372     PISSN: 17517362     EISSN: 17517370     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ismej.2013.225     Document Type: Article

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