ROA: Microbial Transformations at Deep-Sea Hydrothermal Vents

该项目将继续由霍尔格Jannasch博士和他的研究。 他的同事们研究了热液中的微生物和微生物过程， 位于瓜伊马斯盆地的火山口具体目标包括：1. 定量的垫形成细菌的生产力 属，Beggiatoa，每单位占地面积和每单位 细菌生物量; 2.使用垫材料隔离生物体; 3.用基因探针和基因测序进行分子研究 有机体; 4.高温定量与分布 需要细菌; 5.喷口的生存和扩散研究 有机体; 6.自然的系统发育特征 微生物种群的分子探针和各种遗传 垫生物的研究。该项目将进一步扩大我们的 了解有趣和独特的微生物群， 热液喷口

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.