Subsurface Archaea associated with rapid geobiological change in a model Yellowstone hot spring

Depth-resolved geochemical and metagenomic analyses of a model hot spring in Yellowstone reveals the presence of an archaeal-dominated subsurface microbiome, which likely contributed to a dramatic acidification of the spring in 2018.

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Daniel R. Colman, Maximiliano J. Amenabar, Maria C. Fernandes-Martins, Eric S. Boyd
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2022-09-01
Series:Communications Earth & Environment
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s43247-022-00542-2