Genomic and transcriptomic evidence for scavenging of diverse organic compounds by widespread deep-sea archaea

Nature Communications

Volumn 6, Issue , 2015, Pages

  Li, Meng ^a,b   Baker, Brett J ^a,c   Anantharaman, Karthik ^a   Jain, Sunit ^a   Breier, John A ^d,e   Dick, Gregory J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b SHENZHEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^d WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS RIO GRANDE VALLEY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEAL PROTEIN; CARBOHYDRATE DERIVATIVE; FATTY ACID DERIVATIVE; LIPID; ORGANIC COMPOUND; PEPTIDASE; TRANSCRIPTOME; CARBOHYDRATE; CARBON; FATTY ACID; PROTEIN; SEA WATER;

BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; CARBON FLUX; DEEP SEA; GENE EXPRESSION; GENOMICS; HETEROTROPHY; HYDROTHERMAL VENT; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ORGANIC CARBON; PROKARYOTE; SCAVENGING (CHEMISTRY);

ARCHAEAL GENOME; ARCHAEON; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; CARBON CYCLING; CELL MOTILITY; DEEP SEA SPECIES; GENE EXPRESSION; HETEROTROPH; HYDROTHERMAL VENT; LIPID METABOLISM; NONHUMAN; TRANSCRIPTOMICS; CARBOHYDRATE METABOLISM; CARBON CYCLE; CARIBBEAN; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENETICS; GENOMICS; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; SEA;

ARCHAEA;

ARCHAEA; CARBOHYDRATE METABOLISM; CARBOHYDRATES; CARBON; CARBON CYCLE; CARIBBEAN REGION; FATTY ACIDS; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENOMICS; HYDROTHERMAL VENTS; LIPID METABOLISM; LIPIDS; OCEANS AND SEAS; PROTEINS; SEAWATER;

EID: 84947248355     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20411723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms9933     Document Type: Article

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