Microbial diversity of Loki's Castle black smokers at the Arctic Mid‐ Ocean Ridge

• Published in: Geobiology
• Main Authors: Jaeschke, A., Jørgensen, S. L., Bernasconi, S. M., Pedersen, R. B., Thorseth, I. H., Früh‐Green, G. L.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Wiley 2012
• Subjects: Arctic; The Chimney
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/gbi.12009; https://api.wiley.com/onlinelibrary/tdm/v1/articles/10.1111%2Fgbi.12009; https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1111/gbi.12009

Abstract Hydrothermal vent systems harbor rich microbial communities ranging from aerobic mesophiles to anaerobic hyperthermophiles. Among these, members of the archaeal domain are prevalent in microbial communities in the most extreme environments, partly because of their temperature‐resistant and...