Abundant Atribacteria in deep marine sediment from the Adélie Basin, Antarctica
Bacteria belonging to the newly classified candidate phylum Atribacteria (formerly referred to as OP9 and JS1) are common in anoxic methane-rich sediments. However, the metabolic functions and biogeochemical role of these microorganisms in the subsurface remains unrealized due to the lack of pure cu...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Frontiers Media S.A.
2015-08-01
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| Series: | Frontiers in Microbiology |
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| Online Access: | http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fmicb.2015.00872/full |