Deep Subsurface Microbiology

• Main Author: Axel Schippers (auth)
• Other Authors: Andreas Teske (auth), Jennifer F Biddle (auth), Virginia P Edgcomb (auth)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: Frontiers Media SA 2015
• Series: Frontiers Research Topics
• Subjects: Microbiology (non-medical); marine sediment; Methane; deep biosphere; acetogenesis; subseafloor sediment; Hydrogen; deep subsurface; ocean crust; sulfate reduction; Peru margin
• Online Access: DOAB: download the publication; DOAB: description of the publication

Deep subsurface microbiology is a highly active and rapidly advancing research field at the interface of microbiology and the geosciences; it focuses on the detection, identification, quantification, cultivation and activity measurements of bacteria, archaea and eukaryotes that permeate the subsurfa...