| Literature DB >> 17053150 |
Li-Hung Lin1, 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, T C Onstott.
Abstract
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.Entities:
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Year: 2006 PMID: 17053150 DOI: 10.1126/science.1127376
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Science ISSN: 0036-8075 Impact factor: 47.728