A bstract A low-biomass paleosol 188 m below the ground surface at the Department of
Energy's Hanford Site in south-central Washington State was recovered and maintained at …

Microbial diversity in subsurface sediments at the Hanford Site 300 Area near Richland,
Washington state (USA) was investigated by analysing 21 samples recovered from depths of …

For the first time quantitative data on the abundance of Bacteria, Archaea, and Eukarya in
deep terrestrial sediments are provided using multiple methods (total cell counting …

A culture-independent molecular phylogenetic analysis was carried out to study the
prokaryotic diversity in two soil samples collected from the subsurface (1.34 km depth) of the …

Subsurface microbial community structure in relation to geochemical gradients and lithology
was investigated using a combination of molecular phylogenetic and geochemical analyses …

The concept of a deep microbial biosphere has advanced over the past several decades
from a hypothesis viewed with considerable skepticism to being widely accepted …

Of the three primary phylogenetic domains--Archaea (archaebacteria), Bacteria (eubacteria),
and Eucarya (eukaryotes)--Archaea is the least understood in terms of its diversity …

The phylogenetic diversity of archaeal 16S rRNA genes in a thermoacidic spring field of
Ohwakudani, Hakone, Japan, was investigated by PCR-based analysis using a novel …

A bstract Laboratory storage of deep vadose zone sediments has previously resulted in an
increase in the abundance of cultured microorganisms by as much as 10,000-fold, without …

We examined the phylogenetic diversity of microbial communities associated with marine
basalts, using over 300 publicly available 16S rDNA sequences and new sequence data …