Microbial sulfate reduction potential in coal-bearing sediments down to ~2.5 km below the seafloor off Shimokita Peninsula, Japan

Frontiers in Microbiology

Volumn 7, Issue OCT, 2016, Pages

  Glombitza, Clemens ^a   Adhikari, Rishi R ^b   Riedinger, Natascha ^c   Gilhooly, William P ^d   Hinrichs, Kai Uwe ^b   Inagaki, Fumio ^e  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

^c OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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

Author keywords

Coal; Deep biosphere; Hydrogenase; IODP Expedition 337; Isotopes; Lignite; Pyrite; Sulfate reduction

Indexed keywords

HYDROGENASE; PYRITE; SULFATE;

ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DEEP SEA; ENZYME ACTIVITY; JAPAN; LIQUID SCINTILLATION COUNTING; METHANOGENIC BACTERIUM; NONHUMAN; RADIOACTIVITY; RADIOGRAPHY; REDUCTION;

EID: 84996814604     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1664302X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2016.01576     Document Type: Article

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