A metagenomic window into carbon metabolism at 3 km depth in Precambrian continental crust

ISME Journal

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 730-741

  Magnabosco, Cara ^a   Ryan, Kathleen ^a   Lau, Maggie C Y ^a   Kuloyo, Olukayode ^b   Sherwood Lollar, Barbara ^c   Kieft, Thomas L ^d   Van HeerDen, Esta ^b   Onstott, Tullis C ^a  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE FREE STATE   (South Africa)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^d NEW MEXICO INSTITUTE OF MINING AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARCHEAN; BACTERIUM; BIOENERGETICS; CARBON; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; CONTINENTAL CRUST; METABOLISM; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; PRECAMBRIAN; THERMODYNAMIC PROPERTY;

GAUTENG; SOUTH AFRICA; TAUTONA MINE; WITWATERSRAND;

EURYARCHAEOTA; FIRMICUTES; PROKARYOTA;

CARBON; FRESH WATER;

AUTOTROPHY; BACTERIUM; CARBON CYCLE; CLASSIFICATION; GENETICS; HETEROTROPHY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METABOLISM; METAGENOME; METAGENOMICS; MICROBIOLOGY; MINING; PHYLOGENY; SEDIMENT; SOUTH AFRICA;

AUTOTROPHIC PROCESSES; BACTERIA; CARBON; CARBON CYCLE; FRESH WATER; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; HETEROTROPHIC PROCESSES; METAGENOME; METAGENOMICS; MINING; PHYLOGENY; SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 84940705558     PISSN: 17517362     EISSN: 17517370     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ismej.2015.150     Document Type: Article

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