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Appl Environ Microbiol
; 79(10): 3306-10, 2013 May.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-23475616
ABSTRACT
Microrespirometry showed that several organic and inorganic electron donors stimulated oxygen consumption in two â¼80°C springs. Sediment and planktonic communities were structurally and functionally distinct, and quantitative PCR revealed catabolically distinct subpopulations of Thermocrinis. This study suggests that a variety of chemolithotrophic metabolisms operate simultaneously in these springs.