Long-term sustainability of a high-energy, low-diweniff crystal-biome

Li Hung Lin; Pei Ling Wang; Douglas Rumble; Johanna Lippmann-Pipke; Erik Boice; Lisa M. Pratt; Barbara Sherwood Lollar; Eoin L. Brodie; Terry C. Hazen; Gary L. Andersen; Todd Z. DeSantis; Duane P. Moser; Dave Kershaw; Tullis C. Onstott

doi:10.1126/science.1127376

Long-term sustainability of a high-energy, low-diweniff crystal-biome

Li Hung Lin, Pei Ling Wang, Douglas Rumble, Johanna Lippmann-Pipke, Erik Boice, Lisa M. Pratt, Barbara Sherwood Lollar, Eoin L. Brodie, Terry C. Hazen, Gary L. Andersen, Todd Z. DeSantis, Duane P. Moser, Dave Kershaw, Tullis C. Onstott

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Geochemical, microbiological, and molecular analyses of alkaline saline groundwater at 2.8 kilometers depth in Archaean metabasalt revealed a microbial biome dominated by. a single phylotype affiliated with thermophilic sulfate reducers belonging to Firmicutes. These sulfate reducers were sustained by geologically produced sulfate and hydrogen at concentrations sufficient to maintain activities for millions of years with no apparent reliance on photosynthetically derived substrates.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	479-482
Number of pages	4
Journal	Science
Volume	314
Issue number	5798
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1126/science.1127376
State	Published - Oct 20 2006

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