Molecular ecological analysis of the distribution and diversity of sulfate-reducing prokaryotes and microbes in deep-sea hydrothermal sites of the Suiyo Seamount, Izu-Bonin Arc, and the Mariana Arc-Backarc, Western Pacific
Research Institute of Biological Resources, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), Tsukuba Central 6, 1-1-1 Higashi, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, 305-8566 Japan
Department of Mineralogy, Petrology and Economic Geology, Graduate School of Science, Tohoku University, Aoba, Aramaki-Aza, Aoba-ku, Sendai, Miyagi, 980-857 Japan
Department of Biological Science, Graduate School of Science, Tokyo Metropolitan University, Minami-ohsawa 1-1, Hachioji, Tokyo, 192-0397 Japan
Department of Earth and Planetary Science, Faculty of Science, Kyushu University, Hakozaki 6-10-1, Higashi-ku, Fukuoka-shi, Fukuoka, 812-8581 Japan
Graduate School of Social and Cultural Studies, Kyushu University, Ropponmatsu 4-2-1, Chuo-ku, Fukuoka-shi, Fukuoka, 810-8560 Japan
Department of Earth and Planetary Science, Faculty of Science, Kyushu University, Hakozaki 6-10-1, Higashi-ku, Fukuoka-shi, Fukuoka, 812-8581 Japan
Department of Biology and Geosciences, Faculty of Science, Shizuoka University, Oya 836, Shizuoka-shi, Shizuoka, 422-8529 Japan
Department of Earth and Planetary Science, University of Tokyo, Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, 113-0033 Japan
The Institute of Low Temperature Science, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Hokkaido, 060-0819 Japan