Microbial sulfur transformations in sediments from Subglacial Lake Whillans

Frontiers in Microbiology

Volumn 5, Issue NOV, 2014, Pages

  Purcell, Alicia M ^a   Mikucki, Jill A ^a   Achberger, Amanda M ^b   Alekhina, Irina A ^c   Barbante, Carlo ^d   Christner, Brent C ^b   Ghosh, Dhritiman ^a   Michaud, Alexander B ^e   Mitchell, Andrew C ^f   Priscu, John C ^e   Scherer, Reed ^g   Skidmore, Mark L ^e   Vick Majors, Trista J ^e   Adkins, W P ^h   Anandakrishnan, S ^h   Barcheck, G ^h   Beem, L ^h   Behar, A ^h   Beitch, M ^h   Bolsey, R ^h   Branecky, C ^h   Carter, S ^h   Christianson, K ^h   Edwards, R ^h   Fisher, A ^h   Fricker, H ^h   Foley, N ^h   Guthrie, B ^h   Hodson, T ^h   Jacobel, R ^h   Kelley, S ^h   Mankoff, K ^h   McBryan, E ^h   Powell, R ^h   Sampson, D ^h   Severinghaus, J ^h   Sherve, J ^h   Siegfried, M ^h   Tulaczyk, S ^h   more..

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^b LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c ARCTIC AND ANTARCTIC RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Russian Federation)

^d CA' FOSCARI UNIVERSITY OF VENICE   (Italy)

^e MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f ABERYSTWYTH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^g NORTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^h NONE

Author keywords

Antarctic subglacial aquatic environments; Chemosynthesis; Geomicrobiology; Sulfate reduction; Sulfur oxidation

Indexed keywords

ADENYLYLSULFATE REDUCTASE; FRESH WATER; HYDROGEN SULFITE REDUCTASE; RNA 16S; SULFUR;

ANTARCTICA; APRA GENE; ARTICLE; CHEMOAUTOTROPH; CONTROLLED STUDY; DESULFOBACTERACEAE; DESULFOTOMACULUM; DNA EXTRACTION; DSRA GENE; GENE; GENE LIBRARY; GENE SEQUENCE; LAKE SEDIMENT; MICROBIAL BIOMASS; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; MICROBIAL SULFUR TRANSFORMATION; MICROBIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA AND FUNCTIONS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RDSRA GENE; SULFUR OXIDIZER; THIOBACILLUS;

EID: 84987827158     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1664302X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2014.00594     Document Type: Article

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