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Distribution of dehalogenation activity in subseafloor sediments of the Nankai Trough subduction zone.
Philosophical transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological sciences - 19 Apr 2013
Futagami Taiki, Morono Yuki, Terada Takeshi, Kaksonen Anna H, Inagaki Fumio
Abstract excerpt
Halogenated organic matter buried in marine subsurface sediment may serve as a source of electron acceptors for anaerobic respiration of subseafloor microbes. Detection of a diverse array of reductive dehalogenase-homologous (rdhA) genes suggests that subseafloor organohalide-respiring microbial communities may play significant ecological roles in the biogeochemical carbon and halogen cycle in the subseafloor...
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