The microbiology of deep-sea hydrothermal vent plumes: ecological and biogeographic linkages to seafloor and water column habitats

Hydrothermal plumes are an important yet understudied component of deep-sea vent microbial ecosystems. The significance of plume microbial processes can be appreciated from three perspectives: (1) mediation of plume biogeochemistry, (2) dispersal of seafloor hydrothermal vent microbes between vents...

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Main Authors: Gregory J Dick, Karthik eAnantharaman, Brett J Baker, Meng eLi, Daniel C Reed, Cody S Sheik
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2013-05-01
Series:Frontiers in Microbiology
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Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fmicb.2013.00124/full