MICROBIAL COMMUNITIES AT THE BOREHOLE OBSERVATORY ON THE COSTA RICA RIFT FLANK (OCEAN DRILLING PROGRAM HOLE 896A)

MICROBIAL COMMUNITIES AT THE BOREHOLE OBSERVATORY ON THE COSTA RICA RIFT FLANK (OCEAN DRILLING PROGRAM HOLE 896A)

The microbiology of subsurface, hydrothermally-influenced basaltic crust flanking mid-ocean ridges has remained understudied, due to the difficulty in accessing the subsurface environment. The instrumented boreholes resulting from scientific ocean drilling offer access to samples of the formation fl...

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Main Authors: Lisa eNigro, Kate eHarris, Beth eOrcutt, Andrew eHyde, Samual eClayton-Luce, Keir eBecker, Andreas eTeske
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2012-06-01
Series:Frontiers in Microbiology
Subjects:
subsurface
basalt
chemolithoautotrophic bacteria
CORKS
Costa Rica Rift
Formation fluids
Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fmicb.2012.00232/full

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