Reply to Schouten et al.: Marine Group II planktonic Euryarchaeota are significant contributors to tetraether lipids in the ocean

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 111, Issue 41, 2014, Pages E4286-

  Lincoln, Sara A ^a,b,c   Wai, Brenner ^a,d   Eppley, John M ^a,d,e   Church, Matthew J ^a,d   Summons, Roger E ^b   Delong, Edward F ^a,d,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^b Department of Earth Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences ^*  (United States)

^c PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^e Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ETHER DERIVATIVE; LIPID;

ARCHAEON; CHEMISTRY; METABOLISM; PLANKTON;

ARCHAEA; ETHERS; LIPIDS; PLANKTON;

EID: 84907932980     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1416736111     Document Type: Letter

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