Relative Abundance and Diversity of Bacterial Methanotrophs at the Oxic–Anoxic Interface of the Congo Deep-Sea Fan

Relative Abundance and Diversity of Bacterial Methanotrophs at the Oxic–Anoxic Interface of the Congo Deep-Sea Fan

Sitting at ∼5,000 m water depth on the Congo-Angola margin and ∼760 km offshore of the West African coast, the recent lobe complex of the Congo deep-sea fan receives large amounts of fluvial sediments (3–5% organic carbon). This organic-rich sedimentation area harbors habitats with chemosynthetic co...

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Main Authors: Laurent Toffin, Sandrine Bessette, Yann Moalic, Sébastien Gautey, Françoise Lesongeur, Anne Godfroy
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2017-04-01
Series:Frontiers in Microbiology
Subjects:
aerobic methane-oxidizing bacteria
pmoA
organic-rich sediment
methane seeps
Congo deep-sea fan
Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fmicb.2017.00715/full

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