Fluid flow stimulates chemoautotrophy in hydrothermally influenced coastal sediments

Stefan M. Sievert; Solveig I. Bühring; Lara K. Gulmann; Kai-Uwe Hinrichs; Petra Pop Ristova; Gonzalo V. Gomez-Saez

doi:10.1038/s43247-022-00426-5

Communications Earth & Environment (Apr 2022)

Fluid flow stimulates chemoautotrophy in hydrothermally influenced coastal sediments

Stefan M. Sievert,
Solveig I. Bühring,
Lara K. Gulmann,
Kai-Uwe Hinrichs,
Petra Pop Ristova,
Gonzalo V. Gomez-Saez

Affiliations

Stefan M. Sievert: Biology Department, 266 Woods Hole Rd, MS #52, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
Solveig I. Bühring: Hydrothermal Geomicrobiology Group, MARUM – Center for Marine Environmental Sciences, University of Bremen
Lara K. Gulmann: Biology Department, 266 Woods Hole Rd, MS #52, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
Kai-Uwe Hinrichs: Organic Geochemistry Group, MARUM – Center for Marine Environmental Sciences & Department of Geosciences, University of Bremen
Petra Pop Ristova: Hydrothermal Geomicrobiology Group, MARUM – Center for Marine Environmental Sciences, University of Bremen
Gonzalo V. Gomez-Saez: Hydrothermal Geomicrobiology Group, MARUM – Center for Marine Environmental Sciences, University of Bremen

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s43247-022-00426-5
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 3, no. 1
pp. 1 – 10

Abstract

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Fluid flow associated with coastal hydrothermal vents can stimulate carbon fixation via chemoautotrophy and influence microbial community composition, suggest in situ incubation experiments under varied flow regimes near Milos, Greece.

Published in Communications Earth & Environment

ISSN: 2662-4435 (Online)
Publisher: Nature Portfolio
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Science: Geology; Geography. Anthropology. Recreation: Environmental sciences
Website: https://www.nature.com/commsenv/

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