Metagenomic insights into S(0) precipitation in a terrestrial subsurface lithoautotrophic ecosystem

Frontiers in Microbiology

Volumn 5, Issue DEC, 2014, Pages

  Hamilton, Trinity L ^a   Jones, Daniel S ^a,b   Schaperdoth, Irene ^a   Macalady, Jennifer L ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b University of Minnesota   (United States)

Author keywords

autotrophy; Epsilonproteobacteria; Frasassi; lithotrophy; S(0); Sox; Sqr; sulfide

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; DISSOLVED OXYGEN; DNA; NITRATE; NITRITE; ORGANIC CARBON; QUINONE DERIVATIVE; RNA 16S; SULFATE; SULFIDE; SULFUR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR SOX; WATER;

ARTICLE; AUTOTROPH; BIOFILM; CARBON FIXATION; CAVE; CHEMOAUTOTROPHY; CONDUCTANCE; DENITRIFICATION; DNA EXTRACTION; ECOLOGICAL NICHE; ECOSYSTEM; EPSILONPROTEOBACTERIA; GAMMAPROTEOBACTERIA; GEOCHEMISTRY; LITHOAUTOTROPHY; METAGENOMICS; MORPHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OXIDATION; PH; PHYLOGENY; PRECIPITATION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SULFURICURVUM; TEMPERATURE; TERRESTRIAL SURFACE WATERS; UNINDEXED SEQUENCE; WATER SAMPLING;

ARCOBACTER; EPSILONPROTEOBACTERIA; GAMMAPROTEOBACTERIA; SULFURICURVUM; SULFUROVUM;

EID: 84920700486     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1664302X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2014.00756     Document Type: Article

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