Endospore abundance, microbial growth and necromass turnover in deep sub-seafloor sediment

Bente Aa. Lomstein (), Alice T. Langerhuus, Steven D’Hondt, Bo B. Jørgensen and Arthur J. Spivack
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Bente Aa. Lomstein: Section for Microbiology, Aarhus University, Building 1540, Ny Munkegade 114, DK-8000 Aarhus C, Denmark
Alice T. Langerhuus: Section for Microbiology, Aarhus University, Building 1540, Ny Munkegade 114, DK-8000 Aarhus C, Denmark
Steven D’Hondt: Graduate School of Oceanography, University of Rhode Island, 100A, Horn Building, Narragansett, Rhode Island 02882, USA
Bo B. Jørgensen: Center for Geomicrobiology, Aarhus University, Building 1535, Ny Munkegade 114, DK-8000 Aarhus C, Denmark
Arthur J. Spivack: Graduate School of Oceanography, University of Rhode Island, 100A, Horn Building, Narragansett, Rhode Island 02882, USA

Nature, 2012, vol. 484, issue 7392, 101-104

Abstract: A new approach, the d:l-amino-acid model, is used to quantify the distributions and turnover times of living microbial biomass, endospores and microbial necromass, and to determine their role in the sub-seafloor carbon budget.

Date: 2012
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