Chemolithotrophic primary production in a subglacial ecosystem

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 80, Issue 19, 2014, Pages 6146-6153

  Boyd, Eric S ^a,b   Hamilton, Trinity L ^a   Havig, Jeff R ^c   Skidmore, Mark L ^a   Shock, Everett L ^c,d  

^a MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^c ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCITE; DIGITAL STORAGE; DISSOLUTION; GLACIAL GEOLOGY; MICROORGANISMS; OXIDATION; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHYTOPLANKTON; PYRITES; SULFUR COMPOUNDS; WEATHERING;

DARK CONDITIONS; GEOCHEMICALS; MICROBIAL COMMUNITIES; MINERAL DISSOLUTION; MINERAL SURFACES; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; PRIMARY PRODUCTIVITY; PYRITE OXIDATION; SUBGLACIAL SEDIMENT; WEATHERING PROCESS;

ECOSYSTEMS;

BACTERIUM; BEDROCK; CHEMOTROPHY; COMMINUTION; DISSOLUTION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; MELTWATER; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; MICROCOSM; OXIDATION; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; PYRITE; SUBGLACIAL DEPOSIT; SUBGLACIAL ENVIRONMENT; WEATHERING;

ALBERTA; CANADA; ROBERTSON GLACIER;

IRON; PYRITE; RIBULOSEBISPHOSPHATE CARBOXYLASE; SULFATE; SULFIDE;

ALBERTA; AUTOTROPHY; BACTERIUM; DNA SEQUENCE; ECOSYSTEM; ENZYMOLOGY; GALLIONELLACEAE; GENETICS; ICE COVER; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; SEDIMENT;

ALBERTA; AUTOTROPHIC PROCESSES; BACTERIA; BASE SEQUENCE; ECOSYSTEM; GALLIONELLACEAE; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; ICE COVER; IRON; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; RIBULOSE-BISPHOSPHATE CARBOXYLASE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SULFATES; SULFIDES;

EID: 84907029423     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aem.01956-14     Document Type: Article

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