Nature Communications (Feb 2019)
Mixing of meteoric and geothermal fluids supports hyperdiverse chemosynthetic hydrothermal communities
Abstract
Chemosynthetic microbial communities in hydrothermal environments receiving meteoric and geothermal fluids are understudied. Here, Colman et al. use metagenomics to study one such community from a hot spring at Yellowstone National Park, revealing exceptional biodiversity and unique functional potential.