Hadal biosphere: Insight into the microbial ecosystem in the deepest ocean on Earth

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

Volumn 112, Issue 11, 2015, Pages E1230-E1236

  Nunoura, Takuro ^a   Takaki, Yoshihiro ^a   Hirai, Miho ^a   Shimamura, Shigeru ^a   Makabe, Akiko ^a,b,c   Koide, Osamu ^a   Kikuchi, Tohru ^d   Miyazaki, Junichi ^a   Koba, Keisuke ^b   Yoshida, Naohiro ^c   Sunamura, Michinari ^e   Takai, Ken ^a  

^a JAPAN AGENCY FOR MARINE EARTH SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^b TOKYO UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^c TOKYO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^d YOKOHAMA CITY UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Challenger deep; Hadal; Niche separation; Nitrification; Trench

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; DISSOLVED OXYGEN; NITRATE; ORGANIC MATTER; SEA WATER; SMALL SUBUNIT RIBOSOMAL RNA; RIBOSOME RNA;

AMMONIA OXIDIZER; AMMONIA OXIDIZING ARCHAEON; ARTICLE; BACTEROIDETES; BIOSPHERE; DNA TEMPLATE; ELECTRON; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE DOSAGE; GENE SEQUENCE; GENE STRUCTURE; GEOMORPHOLOGY; HALOMONAS; INORGANIC NUTRIENT; METABOLISM; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; MICROHABITAT; NITROSOMONAS; NITROSPIRA; NONHUMAN; OCEANIC REGIONS; PHYLUM; POPULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROCHLOROCOCCUS; PSEUDOMONAS STUTZERI; SALINITY; SEA; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; THAUMARCHAEOTA; VIRUS LIKE AGENT; ARCHAEON; ASTRONOMY; BACTERIUM; ECOSYSTEM; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HETEROTROPHY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NITRIFICATION; PROKARYOTIC CELL; SMALL RIBOSOMAL SUBUNIT; TEMPERATURE;

ARCHAEA; BACTERIA; EARTH (PLANET); ECOSYSTEM; HETEROTROPHIC PROCESSES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NITRIFICATION; OCEANS AND SEAS; PROKARYOTIC CELLS; RIBOSOME SUBUNITS, SMALL; RNA, RIBOSOMAL; SALINITY; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 84925276427     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1421816112     Document Type: Article

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