Metabolic variability in seafloor brines revealed by carbon and sulphur dynamics
Abstract
Brine fluids supply the sea floor with energy-rich substrates. Geochemical and genetic analyses indicate that the associated microbial communities—and their dominant metabolisms—vary between seep sites with different supplies of sulphate and organic matter.
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Nature Geoscience
- Pub Date:
- May 2009
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- Bibcode:
- 2009NatGe...2..349J