Microbial essentials at hydrothermal vents

Anna-Louise Reysenbach (), Amy B. Banta, David R. Boone, Stephen C. Cary and George W. Luther
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Anna-Louise Reysenbach: Portland State University
Amy B. Banta: Portland State University
David R. Boone: Portland State University
Stephen C. Cary: College of Marine Studies, University of Delaware
George W. Luther: College of Marine Studies, University of Delaware

Nature, 2000, vol. 404, issue 6780, 835-835

Abstract: Abstract Hot, anoxic fluids emerging from deep-sea hydrothermal vents mix suddenly with cold oxygenated sea water, providing ideal microbial niches for organisms that need limited amounts of oxygen. We have now identified and grown the first microaerophilic, thermophilic eubacterium from a deep-sea hydrothermal chimney. In view of the likely abundance of this type of microenvironment in hydrothermal structures, these newly discovered thermophilic microbes could constitute a large part of the microbial populations in seafloor hydrothermal systems.

Date: 2000
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