About the Authors
- Tomo-o Watsuji
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* E-mail: watsuji@jamstec.go.jp
Affiliation Subsurface Geobiology Advanced Research Team (SUGAR), Extremobiosphere Research Program (XBR), Institute of Biogeosciences, Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology (JAMSTEC), Yokosuka, Kanagawa, Japan
- Manabu Nishizawa
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Affiliation Precambrian Ecosystem Laboratory, JAMSTEC, Yokosuka, Kanagawa, Japan
- Yuki Morono
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Affiliation Geomicrobiology Group, Kochi Institute for Core Sample Research, JAMSTEC, Nankoku, Kochi, Japan
- Hisako Hirayama
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Affiliation Subsurface Geobiology Advanced Research Team (SUGAR), Extremobiosphere Research Program (XBR), Institute of Biogeosciences, Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology (JAMSTEC), Yokosuka, Kanagawa, Japan
- Shinsuke Kawagucci
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Affiliation Subsurface Geobiology Advanced Research Team (SUGAR), Extremobiosphere Research Program (XBR), Institute of Biogeosciences, Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology (JAMSTEC), Yokosuka, Kanagawa, Japan
- Naoto Takahata
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Affiliation Atomosphere and Ocean Research Institute, the University of Tokyo, Kashiwa, Chiba, Japan
- Yuji Sano
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Affiliation Atomosphere and Ocean Research Institute, the University of Tokyo, Kashiwa, Chiba, Japan
- Ken Takai
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Affiliation Subsurface Geobiology Advanced Research Team (SUGAR), Extremobiosphere Research Program (XBR), Institute of Biogeosciences, Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology (JAMSTEC), Yokosuka, Kanagawa, Japan
Competing Interests
The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: TW KT. Performed the experiments: TW MN. Analyzed the data: YM. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: HH SK NT YS. Wrote the paper: TW. Provided input on manuscript: HH SK NT YS KT MN YM.