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Hindawi Publishing Corporation Archaea Volume 2012, Article ID 695826, 8 pages doi:10.1155/2012/695826 Research Article RNA-Based Assessment of Diversity and Composition of Active Archaeal Communities in the German Bight Bernd Wemheuer,1 Franziska Wemheuer,2 and Rolf Daniel1 1 Department of Genomic and Applied Microbiology and Gottingen Genomics Laboratory, ¨ Institute of Microbiology and Genetics, Georg-August University of Gottingen, Grisebachstraße 8, 37077 Gottingen, Germany ¨ ¨ 2 Section of Agricultural Entomology, Department for Crop Sciences, Georg-August University of Gottingen, Grisebachstraße 6, 37077 ¨ Gottingen, Germany ¨ Correspondence should be addressed to Rolf Daniel, rdaniel@gwdg.de Received 6 September 2012; Accepted 2 October 2012 Academic Editor: Michael Hoppert Copyright © 2012 Bernd Wemheuer et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. Archaea play an important role in various biogeochemical cycles. They are known extremophiles inhabiting environments such as thermal springs or hydrothermal vents. Recent studies have revealed a significant abundance of Archaea in moderate environments, for example, temperate sea water. Nevertheless, the composition and ecosystem function of these marine archaeal communities is largely unknown. To assess diversity and co