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Prokaryotic lifestyles in deep sea habitats.

Extremophiles : life under extreme conditions ·Vol. 12 ·No. 1 ·2008-01-00 ·Pages 15-25

Lauro FM, Bartlett DH

Abstract

Gradients of physicochemical factors influence the growth and survival of life in deep-sea environments. Insights into the characteristics of deep marine prokaryotes has greatly benefited from recent progress in whole genome and metagenome sequence analyses. Here we review the current state-of-the-art of deep-sea microbial genomics. Ongoing and future genome-enabled studies will allow for a better understanding of deep-sea evolution, physiology, biochemistry, community structure and nutrient cycling.

MeSH Terms
Genome/physiology Oceans and Seas Prokaryotic Cells/physiology Seawater/microbiology Water Microbiology
Authors & Affiliations
2 authors, click to expand affiliations / ORCID
Lauro Federico M
Scripps Institution of Oceanography, Center for Marine Biotechnology and Biomedicine, Marine Biology Research Division, University of California, 8750 Biological Grade, San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093-0202, USA.
Bartlett Douglas H
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Article Info
Journal
Extremophiles : life under extreme conditions
Abbr.
Extremophiles
ISSN
1431-0651
DOI
10.1007/s00792-006-0059-5
Published
2008-01-00
Epub
2007-00-17
Pages
15-25
Language
English
Region
Germany
NLM ID
9706854
Subset
IM
Corrections
ErratumIn
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