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

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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)

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.

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  • Bente Aa. Lomstein & Alice T. Langerhuus & Steven D’Hondt & Bo B. Jørgensen & Arthur J. Spivack, 2012. "Endospore abundance, microbial growth and necromass turnover in deep sub-seafloor sediment," Nature, Nature, vol. 484(7392), pages 101-104, April.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:nature:v:484:y:2012:i:7392:d:10.1038_nature10905
    DOI: 10.1038/nature10905
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