Trends and Future Challenges in Sampling the Deep Terrestrial Biosphere

Trends and Future Challenges in Sampling the Deep Terrestrial Biosphere

Research in the deep terrestrial biosphere is driven by interest in novel biodiversity and metabolisms, biogeochemical cycling, and the impact of human activities on this ecosystem. As this interest continues to grow, it is important to ensure that when subsurface investigations are proposed, materi...

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Main Authors: Michael J Wilkins, Rebecca eDaly, Paula J Mouser, Ryan eTrexler, Kelly C Wrighton, Shikha eSharma, David R Cole, Jennifer F Biddle, Elizabeth eDenis, Jim K Fredrickson, Thomas L. Kieft, Tullis C Onstott, Lee ePetersen, Susan M Pfiffner, Tommy J Phelps, Matthew O Schrenk
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2014-09-01
Series:Frontiers in Microbiology
Subjects:
deep subsurface
deep biosphere
contamination
shale
drilling
deep life
Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fmicb.2014.00481/full

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