Molecular analysis of deep subsurface microbial communities in Nankai Trough sediments (ODP Leg 190, Site 1176)
Document Type
Article
Date of Original Version
7-25-2003
Abstract
The prokaryotic community inhabiting the deep subsurface sediments in the Forearc Basin of the Nankai Trough southeast of Japan (ODP Site 1176) was analyzed by 16S rDNA sequencing. Sediment samples from 1.15, 51.05, 98.50 and 193.96 m below sea floor (mbsf) harbored highly diverse bacterial communities. The most frequently retrieved clones included members of the Green non-sulfur bacteria whose closest relatives come from deep subsurface environments, a new epsilon-proteobacterial phylotype, and representatives of a cluster of closely related bacterial sequences from hydrocarbon- and methane-rich sediments around the world. Archaeal clones were limited to members of the genus Thermococcus, and were only obtained from the two deepest samples. © 2003 Federation of European Microbiological Societies. Published by Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved.
Publication Title, e.g., Journal
FEMS Microbiology Ecology
Volume
45
Issue
2
Citation/Publisher Attribution
Kormas, Konstantinos Ar, David C. Smith, Virginia Edgcomb, and Andreas Teske. "Molecular analysis of deep subsurface microbial communities in Nankai Trough sediments (ODP Leg 190, Site 1176)." FEMS Microbiology Ecology 45, 2 (2003). doi: 10.1016/S0168-6496(03)00128-4.