Out of the blue: the independent activity of sulfur-oxidizers and diatoms mediate the sudden color shift of a tropical river

Out of the blue: the independent activity of sulfur-oxidizers and diatoms mediate the sudden color shift of a tropical river

Abstract Background Río Celeste (“Sky-Blue River”) is a river located in the Tenorio National Park (Costa Rica) that has become an important hotspot for eco-tourism due to its striking sky-blue color. A previous study indicated that this color is not caused by dissolved chemical species, but by form...

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Main Authors: Alejandro Arce-Rodríguez, Eduardo Libby, Erick Castellón, Roberto Avendaño, Juan Carlos Cambronero, Maribel Vargas, Dietmar H. Pieper, Stefan Bertilsson, Max Chavarría, Fernando Puente-Sánchez
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2023-01-01
Series:Environmental Microbiome
Subjects:
Geobiology
Hydroxyaluminosilicates
Hydrothermal
Sulfur oxidizing bacteria
Diatoms
Río Celeste
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s40793-023-00464-2

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https://doi.org/10.1186/s40793-023-00464-2

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