supported by the National Basic Research Program of China(2011CB808800);the National Natural Science Foundation of China(40830213), IODP-China;grants from the State Key Laboratory of Ocean Engineering in China (GKZD010053-1, GKZD010056-5);BNOac knowledges financial support by the Danish National Research Foundation and the Max Planck Society;BNO and KJE are parttially supported by the National Science Foundation Center for Dark Energy Biosphere Investigations (C-DEBI, funded by OCE-0939564)
The discovery of the marine "deep biosphere"-microorganisms living deep below the seafloor-is one of the most significant and exciting discoveries since the ocean drilling program began more than 40 years ago. Study o...
supported by the China Ocean Mineral Resources R&D Association(No.DYXM-115-02-2-01);the National Natural Science Foundation of China(No.40830213);the Hi-Tech Research and Development Program(863) of China(No.2007AA091904)
The response of bacteria to various carbohydrates in the deep-sea sediments and the Antarctic soils was investigated using cellulose, chitin, and olive oil. It was found that the carbohydrates significantly increased ...