Rapid metabolism fosters microbial survival in the deep, hot subseafloor biosphere

Rapid metabolism fosters microbial survival in the deep, hot subseafloor biosphere

In the deep sedimentary biosphere, 80 °C has been proposed as an upper thermal barrier for life. Using a suite of radiotracer experiments, this study reports active methanogenic and sulfate-reducing microbial populations with high cell-specific metabolic rates in deeply buried marine sediments from...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: F. Beulig, F. Schubert, R. R. Adhikari, C. Glombitza, V. B. Heuer, K.-U. Hinrichs, K. L. Homola, F. Inagaki, B. B. Jørgensen, J. Kallmeyer, S. J. E. Krause, Y. Morono, J. Sauvage, A. J. Spivack, T. Treude
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2022-01-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-27802-7

Similar Items

Similar Items