Fracture zones in the mid Atlantic ridge lead to alterations in prokaryotic and viral parameters in deep-water masses

Frontiers in Microbiology

Volumn 5, Issue JUN, 2014, Pages 1-

  Muck, Simone ^a   Griessler, Thomas ^a   Köstner, Nicole ^a   Klimiuk, Adam ^a   Winter, Christian ^a   Herndl, Gerhard J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b ROYAL NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR SEA RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Deep sea; Microbial communities; Mixing zones; North atlantic; Prokaryotes; Vema fracture zone; Viruses

Indexed keywords

EID: 84905195139     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1664302X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2014.00264     Document Type: Article

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