Deep-Sourced Fluids From a Convergent Margin Host Distinct Subseafloor Microbial Communities That Change Upon Mud Flow Expulsion

Deep-Sourced Fluids From a Convergent Margin Host Distinct Subseafloor Microbial Communities That Change Upon Mud Flow Expulsion

Submarine mud volcanoes (MVs) along continental margins emit mud breccia and globally significant amounts of hydrocarbon-rich fluids from the subsurface, and host distinct chemosynthetic communities of microbes and macrofauna. Venere MV lies at 1,600 m water depth in the Ionian Sea offshore Italy an...

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Main Authors: Scott A. Klasek, Marta E. Torres, Markus Loher, Gerhard Bohrmann, Thomas Pape, Frederick S. Colwell
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2019-06-01
Series:Frontiers in Microbiology
Subjects:
mud volcano
deep subsurface biosphere
microbial communities
methane oxidation
environmental gradient
Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fmicb.2019.01436/full

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