Biosphere frontiers of subsurface life in the sedimented hydrothermal system of Guaymas Basin

Frontiers in Microbiology

Volumn 5, Issue JULY, 2014, Pages

  Teske, Andreas ^a   Callaghan, Amy V ^b   LaRowe, Douglas E ^c  

^a University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Alkane oxidation; Energy metabolism; Guaymas basin; Hydrothermal; Methane; Subsurface

Indexed keywords

HYDROCARBON; METHANE; SULFATE; SULFUR;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BIOSPHERE; GEOCHEMISTRY; GEOTHERMAL ENERGY; HIGH TEMPERATURE; HIGH TEMPERATURE PROCEDURES; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; MICROBIAL POPULATION DYNAMICS; NONHUMAN; OXIDATION; RIVER BASIN; SEDIMENT; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TEMPERATURE; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 84905366880     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1664302X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2014.00362     Document Type: Article

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