Microbial communities in dark oligotrophic volcanic ice cave ecosystems of Mt. Erebus, Antarctica

Frontiers in Microbiology

Volumn 6, Issue MAR, 2015, Pages

  Tebo, Bradley M ^a   Davis, Richard E ^a   Anitori, Roberto P ^a,e   Connell, Laurie B ^b   Schiffman, Peter ^c   Staudigel, Hubert ^d  

^a OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MAINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e Clark College   (United States)

Author keywords

Carbon monoxide; Chemolithoautotrophy; Oligotrophy; Ribulose 1,5 bisphosphate carboxylase oxygenase; RubisCO

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE CITRATE SYNTHASE; NATURAL ORGANIC MATTER; RIBULOSEBISPHOSPHATE CARBOXYLASE;

ANTARCTICA; ARTICLE; BACTERIA; CARBON DIOXIDE FIXATION; CHEMICAL REACTION; CHEMOLITHOAUTOTROPH; DARK OLIGOTROPHIC VOLCANIC ICE CAVE ECOSYSTEM; ENERGY BALANCE; FUNGUS; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HYDROTHERMAL VENT; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; MICROBIAL DIVERSITY; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; OXYGENATION; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SMALL RIBOSOMAL SUBUNIT; SUNLIGHT; VOLCANO;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); COLUMBIFORMES; FUNGI;

EID: 84927155310     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1664302X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2015.00179     Document Type: Article

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