Microbial communities in dark oligotrophic volcanic ice cave ecosystems of Mt. Erebus, Antarctica

Microbial communities in dark oligotrophic volcanic ice cave ecosystems of Mt. Erebus, Antarctica

The Earth’s crust hosts a subsurface, dark, and oligotrophic biosphere that is poorly understood in terms of the energy supporting its biomass production and impact on food webs at the Earth’s surface. Dark oligotrophic volcanic ecosystems (DOVEs) are good environments for investigations of life in...

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Main Authors: Bradley M. Tebo, Richard E. Davis, Roberto P. Anitori, Laurie B. Connell, Peter eSchiffman, Hubert eStaudigel
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2015-03-01
Series:Frontiers in Microbiology
Subjects:
Carbon Monoxide
Ribulose-Bisphosphate Carboxylase
oligotrophy
chemolithoautotrophy
Rubisco
Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fmicb.2015.00179/full

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