PLoS ONE,
Journal Year:
2024,
Volume and Issue:
19(11), P. e0308756 - e0308756
Published: Nov. 13, 2024
Subduction
of
the
Cocos
and
Nazca
oceanic
plates
beneath
Caribbean
plate
drives
upward
movement
deep
fluids
enriched
in
carbon,
nitrogen,
sulfur,
iron
along
Central
American
Volcanic
Arc
(CAVA).
These
compounds
fuel
diverse
subsurface
microbial
communities
that
turn
alter
distribution,
redox
state,
isotopic
composition
these
compounds.
Microbial
community
structure
functions
vary
according
to
fluid
delivery
across
arc,
but
less
is
known
about
how
differ
axis
a
convergent
margin
as
geological
features
(
e
.
g
.,
extent
volcanism
subduction
geometry)
shift.
Here,
we
investigate
changes
bacterial
16S
rRNA
gene
amplicons
geochemical
analysis
deeply-sourced
seeps
southern
CAVA,
where
Ridge
alters
setting.
We
find
shifts
margin,
with
similar
settings
clustering
together
independently
proximity
sample
sites.
correlates
variables
such
host
rock
type,
maturity
hydrothermal
slab
depth
different
segments
CAVA.
This
reveals
tight
coupling
between
Earth
processes
activity,
controlling
margin.
Open Research Europe,
Journal Year:
2024,
Volume and Issue:
3, P. 94 - 94
Published: May 28, 2024
This
standard
operating
procedure
(SOP)
describes
an
ion
chromatography
(IC)
for
the
major
cations
and
anions
in
hydrothermal
fluids.
Hydrothermal
fluids
are
aqueous
solutions
with
a
wide
range
of
temperature,
salinity,
pH
species
that
can
be
used
by
microbial
metabolism
as
electron
donors
acceptors.
Due
to
high
variability
environmental
physical-chemical
parameters
these
samples,
we
have
developed
this
protocol
taking
into
account
special
features
matrices
analyzed.
An
Eco
IC
Metrohm
system
equipped
conductivity
detector
was
used.
Calibration
curves
linear
0.1
10
mg/L
concentration
Ca
The ISME Journal,
Journal Year:
2024,
Volume and Issue:
18(1)
Published: Jan. 1, 2024
Diazotrophic
microorganisms
regulate
marine
productivity
by
alleviating
nitrogen
limitation.
So
far
chemolithoautotrophic
bacteria
are
widely
recognized
as
the
principal
diazotrophs
in
oligotrophic
and
terrestrial
ecosystems.
However,
contribution
of
chemolithoautotrophs
to
fixation
organic-rich
habitats
remains
unclear.
Here,
we
utilized
metagenomic
metatranscriptomic
approaches
integrated
with
cultivation
assays
investigate
diversity,
distribution,
activity
residing
Zhangzhou
mangrove
sediments.
Physicochemical
show
that
studied
sediments
typical
carbon-rich,
sulfur-rich,
nitrogen-limited,
low-redox
These
host
a
wide
phylogenetic
variety
nitrogenase
genes,
including
groups
I-III
VII-VIII.
Unexpectedly
diverse
taxa
Campylobacteria,
Gammaproteobacteria,
Zetaproteobacteria,
Thermodesulfovibrionia
predominant
active
fixers
0-18
cm
sediment
layer.
In
contrast,
18-20
layer
is
dominated
from
Desulfobacterota
Halobacteriota.
Further
analysis
MAGs
shows
main
can
fix
coupling
oxidation
hydrogen,
reduced
sulfur,
iron,
reduction
oxygen,
nitrate,
sulfur.
Culture
experiments
further
demonstrate
members
Campylobacteria
have
nitrogen-fixing
capacity
driven
hydrogen
sulfur
oxidation.
Activity
measurements
confirm
inhabiting
preferentially
drain
energy
inorganic
compounds
other
than
organics.
Overall,
our
results
suggest
rather
heterotrophs
dominant
This
study
underscores
significance
carbon-dominant
Open Research Europe,
Journal Year:
2024,
Volume and Issue:
3, P. 90 - 90
Published: July 24, 2024
This
standard
operating
procedure
(SOP)
validates
an
inductively
coupled
plasma
mass
spectrometry
(ICP-MS)
for
the
determination
of
trace
elements
in
hydrothermal
fluids.
Hydrothermal
fluids
are
aqueous
solutions
with
a
wide
range
temperature,
salinity,
pH
and
that
can
be
used
by
set
microbial
proteins
containing
redox-sensitive
transition
metals
as
their
catalytic
core.
Due
to
high
variability
these
samples,
we
have
developed
this
protocol
taking
into
account
special
features
matrices
analyzed.
An
ICP-MS
7900
Agilent
system
was
used.
Calibration
curves
linear
0.01
100
μg/L
concentration
range.
PLoS ONE,
Journal Year:
2024,
Volume and Issue:
19(11), P. e0308756 - e0308756
Published: Nov. 13, 2024
Subduction
of
the
Cocos
and
Nazca
oceanic
plates
beneath
Caribbean
plate
drives
upward
movement
deep
fluids
enriched
in
carbon,
nitrogen,
sulfur,
iron
along
Central
American
Volcanic
Arc
(CAVA).
These
compounds
fuel
diverse
subsurface
microbial
communities
that
turn
alter
distribution,
redox
state,
isotopic
composition
these
compounds.
Microbial
community
structure
functions
vary
according
to
fluid
delivery
across
arc,
but
less
is
known
about
how
differ
axis
a
convergent
margin
as
geological
features
(
e
.
g
.,
extent
volcanism
subduction
geometry)
shift.
Here,
we
investigate
changes
bacterial
16S
rRNA
gene
amplicons
geochemical
analysis
deeply-sourced
seeps
southern
CAVA,
where
Ridge
alters
setting.
We
find
shifts
margin,
with
similar
settings
clustering
together
independently
proximity
sample
sites.
correlates
variables
such
host
rock
type,
maturity
hydrothermal
slab
depth
different
segments
CAVA.
This
reveals
tight
coupling
between
Earth
processes
activity,
controlling
margin.