Indigenous Ammonia-Oxidizing Archaea in Oxic Subseafloor Oceanic Crust

Ridge flanks represent the major avenue of chemical and heat exchange between the Earth’s oceans and the lithosphere and are thought to harbor an enormous and understudied biosphere. However, little is known about the diversity and functionality of the crustal biosphere. Here, we report an indigenou...

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Main Authors: Rui Zhao, Håkon Dahle, Gustavo A. Ramírez, Steffen L. Jørgensen
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: American Society for Microbiology 2020-03-01
Series:mSystems
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1128/mSystems.00758-19