Microbial diversity in the deep-subsurface hydrothermal aquifer feeding the giant gypsum crystal-bearing Naica mine, Mexico

Microbial diversity in the deep-subsurface hydrothermal aquifer feeding the giant gypsum crystal-bearing Naica mine, Mexico

The Naica mine in Northern Mexico is famous for its giant gypsum crystals, which may reach up to 11 m long and contain fluid inclusions that might have captured microorganisms during their formation. These crystals formed under particularly stable geochemical conditions in cavities filled by low sal...

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Main Authors: Marie eRagon, Alexander ES Van Driessche, Juan Manuel eGarcia Ruiz, David eMoreira, Purificacion eLopez-Garcia
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2013-03-01
Series:Frontiers in Microbiology
Subjects:
Candidate Division OP3
thaumarchaeota
hydrothermal
thermophile
GC content
Thermoplasmatales
Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fmicb.2013.00037/full

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