Prokaryotic lifestyles in deep sea habitats.
Gradients of physicochemical factors influence the growth and survival of life in deep-sea environments. Insights into the characteristics of deep marine prokaryotes has greatly benefited from recent progress in whole genome and metagenome sequence analyses. Here we review the current state-of-the-art of deep-sea microbial genomics. Ongoing and future genome-enabled studies will allow for a better understanding of deep-sea evolution, physiology, biochemistry, community structure and nutrient cycling.
Lauro
Federico M
FM
Scripps Institution of Oceanography, Center for Marine Biotechnology and Biomedicine, Marine Biology Research Division, University of California, 8750 Biological Grade, San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093-0202, USA.
Bartlett
Douglas H
DH
D016678:Genome / Q000502:physiology*; D009792:Oceans and Seas; D011387:Prokaryotic Cells / Q000502:physiology*; D012623:Seawater / Q000382:microbiology*; D014871:Water Microbiology