| Type |
Article |
| Date |
2012 |
| Language |
English |
| Author(s) |
Durbin Alan M.1, Teske Andreas2 |
| Affiliation(s) |
1 : Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of California Irvine, Irvine, CA, USA
2 : Department of Marine Sciences, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, USA |
| Source |
Frontiers In Microbiology (1664-302X), 2012 , Vol. 3 , N. 168 , P. 1-26 |
| DOI |
10.3389/fmicb.2012.00168 |
| WOS© Times Cited |
73 |
| Keyword(s) |
archaea, marine sediments, oligotrophy, subsurface, phylogeny, uncultured archaea |
| Abstract |
Examining the patterns of archaeal diversity in little-explored organic-lean marine subsurface sediments presents an opportunity to study the association of phylogenetic affiliation and habitat preference in uncultured marine Archaea. Here we have compiled and re-analyzed published archaeal 16S rRNA clone library datasets across a spectrum of sediment trophic states characterized by a wide range of terminal electron-accepting processes. Our results show that organic-lean marine sediments in deep marine basins and oligotrophic open ocean locations are inhabited by distinct lineages of archaea that are not found in the more frequently studied, organic-rich continental margin sediments. We hypothesize that different combinations of electron donor and acceptor concentrations along the organic-rich/organic-lean spectrum result in distinct archaeal communities, and propose an integrated classification of habitat characteristics and archaeal community structure. |
| Full Text |
| File |
Pages |
Size |
Access |
| Publisher's official version |
26 |
1 MB |
Open access |
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