First evidence for the presence of iron oxidizing zetaproteobacteria at the Levantine continental margins.

During the 2010-2011 E/V Nautilus exploration of the Levantine basin's sediments at the depth of 300-1300 m, densely patched orange-yellow flocculent mats were observed at various locations along the continental margin of Israel. Cores from the mat and the control locations were collected by re...

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Main Authors: Maxim Rubin-Blum, Gilad Antler, Rami Tsadok, Eli Shemesh, James A Austin, Dwight F Coleman, Beverly N Goodman-Tchernov, Zvi Ben-Avraham, Dan Tchernov
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3948872?pdf=render