Iron-Fueled Life in the Continental Subsurface: Deep Mine Microbial Observatory, South Dakota, USA-Reference-Cited by-同舟云学术

Iron-Fueled Life in the Continental Subsurface: Deep Mine Microbial Observatory, South Dakota, USA

Published:2021-09-28 Issue:20 Volume:87 Page:
ISSN:0099-2240
Container-title:Applied and Environmental Microbiology
language:en
Short-container-title:Appl Environ Microbiol

Author:

Casar C. P.¹^ORCID,Momper L. M.²,Kruger B. R.³,Osburn M. R.¹^ORCID

Affiliation:

1. Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois, USA

2. Earth and Environmental Sciences Practice, Exponent, Inc., Pasadena, California, USA

3. Division of Hydrologic Sciences, Desert Research Institute, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA

Abstract

We investigated iron cycling potential among microbial communities inhabiting iron-rich fracture fluids to a depth of 1.5 km in the continental crust. A previous study found no iron cycling potential in the communities despite the iron-rich nature of the system.

Funder

National Aeronautics and Space Administration

Publisher

American Society for Microbiology

Subject

Ecology,Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology,Food Science,Biotechnology

Link

https://journals.asm.org/doi/pdf/10.1128/AEM.00832-21

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