Reconstructing a hydrogen-driven microbial metabolic network in Opalinus Clay rock
Hydrogen build-up in geological nuclear waste repositories poses risks, but it may be alleviated by H2 consumption by deep subsurface microbial communities. Here, the authors inject H2 in a borehole and use metagenomics and metaproteomics to identify a carbon cycle driven by autotrophic H2oxidizers.
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Nature Publishing Group
2016-10-01
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| Series: | Nature Communications |
| Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms12770 |