Chapter Three - Analysis of Low-Biomass Microbial Communities in the Deep Biosphere

• Published in: Advances in applied microbiology Vol. 95; pp. 149 - 178
• Main Authors: Morono, Y, Inagaki, F
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: 01.01.2016

Over the past few decades, the subseafloor biosphere has been explored by scientific ocean drilling to depths of about 2.5 km below the seafloor. Although organic-rich anaerobic sedimentary habitats in the ocean margins harbor large numbers of microbial cells, microbial populations in ultraoligotrop...