ROA: Microbial Transformations at Deep-Sea Hydrothermal Vents

这个项目将继续由Holger Jannasch博士和他的同事对瓜伊马斯盆地热液喷口处的微生物和微生物过程进行研究。具体目标包括：1。Beggiatoa属成席细菌单位占地面积和单位细菌生物量生产力的定量分析；2. 使用垫料来隔离生物体；3. 席生物基因探针分子研究及基因测序4. 高温细菌的定量和分布；5. 喷口生物的生存和扩散研究；6. 利用分子探针研究天然微生物种群的系统发育特征，并对苔藓生物进行各种遗传学研究。该项目将进一步扩展我们对热液喷口有趣而独特的微生物群的理解。

This project will continue studies by Dr. Holger Jannasch and his colleagues on microbes and microbial processes at a hydrothermal vent site in the Guaymas Basin. Specific objectives include: 1. quantification of productivity of mat forming bacteria of the genus, Beggiatoa, per unit of occupied area and per unit of bacterial biomass; 2. use of mat material to isolate organisms; 3. molecular studies with gene probes and gene sequencing of mat organisms; 4. quantification and distribution of high temperature requiring bacteria; 5. studies of survival and dispersal of vent organisms; 6. phylogenetic characterization of the natural microbial populations by molecular probes and various genetic studies on the mat organisms. The project will further extend our understanding of the interesting and unique microbiota of hydrothermal vents.