Article
Archaeal diversity and distribution along thermal and geochemical gradients in hydrothermal sediments at the Yonaguni Knoll IV hydrothermal field in the Southern Okinawa trough.
Applied and environmental microbiology - 1 Feb 2010
Nunoura Takuro, Oida Hanako, Nakaseama Miwako, Kosaka Ayako, Ohkubo Satoru B, Kikuchi Toru, Kazama Hiromi, Hosoi-Tanabe Shoko, Nakamura Ko-Ichi, Kinoshita Masataka, Hirayama Hisako, Inagaki Fumio, Tsunogai Urumu, Ishibashi Jun-Ichiro, Takai Ken
Abstract excerpt
A variety of archaeal lineages have been identified using culture-independent molecular phylogenetic surveys of microbial habitats occurring in deep-sea hydrothermal environments such as chimney structures, sediments, vent emissions, and chemosynthetic macrofauna. With the exception of a few taxa, most of these archaea have not yet been cultivated, and their physiological and metabolic traits remain unclear. In...
Topics
- Archaea
- Bacteria
- Base Sequence
- DNA Primers
- Ecosystem
- Genes, Archaeal
- Genetic Variation
- Geologic Sediments
- Japan