Growth kinetics and constraints related to metabolic diversity and abundances of hyperthermophiles in deep-sea hydrothermal vents

This dissertation research aims to show that there are deterministic microbial distribution patterns based on quantifiable environmental thresholds by determining and rationalizing the relative abundances of hyperthermophilic methanogens, autotrophic iron(III) oxide reducers, and heterotrophic sulfu...

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Main Author: Ver Eecke, Helene C
Language:ENG
Published: ScholarWorks@UMass Amherst 2010
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Online Access:https://scholarworks.umass.edu/dissertations/AAI3445193