What's up down there? Microbial diversity in caves
Caves provide relatively accessible sites in which individual species and microbial communities grow to levels approaching 106 cells/gram of rock under near-starvation conditions. • Cave-dwelling oligotrophic microbial species are phylogenetically diverse, with lineages across the breadth of the Bacteria. • Bacterial communities in caves acquire energy by several means, including by breaking down aromatic compounds, fixing gases, and oxidizing reduced metals within rocks. • By interacting with minerals, microbial species play an important role in reshaping the mineral environment of caves, and may help to form features such as stalactites and stalagmites.
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dig-irnas-es-10261-619512016-02-17T10:07:46Z What's up down there? Microbial diversity in caves Barton, H. A. Jurado, Valme Caves provide relatively accessible sites in which individual species and microbial communities grow to levels approaching 106 cells/gram of rock under near-starvation conditions. • Cave-dwelling oligotrophic microbial species are phylogenetically diverse, with lineages across the breadth of the Bacteria. • Bacterial communities in caves acquire energy by several means, including by breaking down aromatic compounds, fixing gases, and oxidizing reduced metals within rocks. • By interacting with minerals, microbial species play an important role in reshaping the mineral environment of caves, and may help to form features such as stalactites and stalagmites. Peer Reviewed 2012-12-04T17:56:43Z 2012-12-04T17:56:43Z 2007 2012-12-04T17:56:43Z artículo http://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_6501 issn: 1558-7452 Microbe 2: 132-138 (2007) http://hdl.handle.net/10261/61951 1558-7460 en open American Society for Microbiology |
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Caves provide relatively accessible sites in which individual species and microbial communities grow to levels approaching 106 cells/gram of rock under near-starvation conditions. • Cave-dwelling oligotrophic microbial species are phylogenetically diverse, with lineages across the breadth of the Bacteria. • Bacterial communities in caves acquire energy by several means, including by breaking down aromatic compounds, fixing gases, and oxidizing reduced metals within rocks. • By interacting with minerals, microbial species play an important role in reshaping the mineral environment of caves, and may help to form features such as stalactites and stalagmites. |
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