TY - T1 - Microbial co-occurrence patterns in deep Precambrian bedrock fracture fluids SN - / UR - http://hdl.handle.net/10138/165462 T3 - A1 - Purkamo, Lotta; Bomberg, Malin; Kietäväinen, Riikka; Salavirta, Heikki; Nyyssonen, Mari; Nuppunen-Puputti, Maija; Ahonen, Lasse; Kukkonen, Ilmo; Itavaara, Merja A2 - PB - Y1 - 2016 LA - eng AB - The bacterial and archaeal community composition and the possible carbon assimilation processes and energy sources of microbial communities in oligotrophic, deep, crystalline bedrock fractures is yet to be resolved. In this study, intrinsic microbial communities from groundwater of six fracture zones from 180 to 2300aEuro-m depths in Outokumpu bedrock were characterized using high-throughput amplicon sequencing and metagenomic prediction. Comamonadaceae-, Anaerobrancaceae- and Pseudomonadaceae-r... VO - IS - SP - OP - KW - 16S RIBOSOMAL-RNA; SULFATE-REDUCING BACTERIA; FENNOSCANDIAN SHIELD; SOUTH-AFRICA; TERRESTRIAL BIOSPHERE; CRYSTALLINE BEDROCK; CONTINENTAL-CRUST; NATIONAL-PARK; SUBSURFACE; COMMUNITIES; 1171 Geosciences N1 - PP - ER -