Iron-based microbial ecosystem on and below the seafloor: a case study of hydrothermal fields of the Southern Mariana Trough

Iron-based microbial ecosystem on and below the seafloor: a case study of hydrothermal fields of the Southern Mariana Trough

Microbial community structures in deep-sea hydrothermal vents fields are constrained by available energy yields provided by inorganic redox reactions, which are in turn controlled by chemical composition of hydrothermal fluids. In the past two decades, geochemical and microbiological studies have be...

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Main Authors: Shingo eKato, Kentaro eNakamura, Tomohiro eToki, Jun-ichiro eIshibashi, Urumu eTsunogai, Akinori eHirota, Moriya eOhkuma, Akihiko eYamagishi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2012-03-01
Series:Frontiers in Microbiology
Subjects:
Chemolithoautotrophs
Deep-sea hydrothermal vent field
Iron-oxidizing bacteria
Shallow sub-seafloor microbial ecosystem
Thermodynamic modeling
Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fmicb.2012.00089/full

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