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DOI 10.1111/j.1574-6941.2010.00940.x
Titel (primär) Geochemical constraints on the diversity and activity of H2-oxidizing microorganisms in diffuse hydrothermal fluids from a basalt- and an ultramafic-hosted vent
Autor Perner, M.; Petersen, J.M.; Zielinski, F.U.; Gennerich, H.H.; Seifert, R.
Quelle FEMS Microbiology Ecology
Erscheinungsjahr 2010
Department UMB
Band/Volume 74
Heft 1
Seite von 55
Seite bis 71
Sprache englisch
Keywords CO2 fixation rates; H2 consumption rates; [NiFe]-hydrogenases; hydrogenase; hydrothermal diffuse flow
Abstract Mixing processes of reduced hydrothermal fluids with oxygenated seawater and fluid-rock reactions contribute to the chemical signatures of diffuse venting and likely determine the geochemical constraints on microbial life. We examined the influence of fluid chemistry on microbial diversity and activity by sampling diffuse fluids emanating through mussel beds at two contrasting hydrothermal vents. The H2 concentration was very low at the basalt-hosted Clueless site, and mixing models suggest O2 availability throughout much of the habitat. In contrast, effluents from the ultramafic-hosted Quest site were considerably enriched in H2, while O2 is likely limited to the mussel layer. Only two different hydrogenase genes were identified in clone libraries from the H2-poor Clueless fluids, but these fluids exhibited the highest H2 uptake rates in H2-spiked incubations (oxic conditions, at 18 °C). In contrast, a phylogenetically diverse H2-oxidizing potential was associated with distinct thermal conditions in the H2-rich Quest fluids, but under oxic conditions, H2 uptake rates were extremely low. Significant stimulation of CO2 fixation rates by H2 addition was solely illustrated in Quest incubations (P-value <0.02), but only in conjunction with anoxic conditions (at 18 °C). We conclude that the factors contributing toward differences in the diversity and activity of H2 oxidizers at these sites include H2 and O2 availability.
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Perner, M., Petersen, J.M., Zielinski, F.U., Gennerich, H.H., Seifert, R. (2010):
Geochemical constraints on the diversity and activity of H2-oxidizing microorganisms in diffuse hydrothermal fluids from a basalt- and an ultramafic-hosted vent
FEMS Microbiol. Ecol. 74 (1), 55 - 71 10.1111/j.1574-6941.2010.00940.x