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| Eickenbusch, Philip; Takai, Ken; Sissman, Olivier; Suzuki, Shino; Menzies, Catriona; Sakai, Sanae; Sansjofre, Pierre; Tasumi, Eiji; Bernasconi, Stefano M.; Glombitza, Clemens; Jorgensen, Bo Barker; Morono, Yuki; Lever, Mark Alexander. |
| Serpentinitic systems are potential habitats for microbial life due to frequently high concentrations of microbial energy substrates, such as hydrogen (H-2), methane (CH4), and short-chain organic acids (SCOAs). Yet, many serpentinitic systems are also physiologically challenging environments due to highly alkaline conditions (pH > 10) and elevated temperatures (>80 degrees C). To elucidate the possibility of microbial life in deep serpentinitic crustal environments, International Ocean Discovery Program (IODP) Expedition 366 drilled into the Yinazao, Fantangisfia, and Asut Tesoru serpentinite mud volcanoes on the Mariana Forearc. These mud volcanoes differ in temperature (80, 150, 250 degrees C, respectively) of the underlying subducting slab, and... |
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Palavras-chave: Limits of life; Deep biosphere; Serpentinization; Abiotic synthesis; Formate; Acetate; Methane; International Ocean Discovery Program. |
| Ano: 2019 |
URL: https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00637/74919/75981.pdf |
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| D'Hondt, Steven; Inagaki, Fumio; Zarikian, Carlos Alvarez; Abrams, Lewis J.; Dubois, Nathalie; Engelhardt, Tim; Evans, Helen; Ferdelman, Timothy; Gribsholt, Britta; Harris, Robert N.; Hoppie, Bryce W.; Hyun, Jung-ho; Kallmeyer, Jens; Kim, Jinwook; Lynch, Jill E.; Mckinley, Claire C.; Mitsunobu, Satoshi; Morono, Yuki; Murray, Richard W.; Pockalny, Robert; Sauvage, Justine; Shimono, Takaya; Shiraishi, Fumito; Smith, David C.; Smith-duque, Christopher E.; Spivack, Arthur J.; Steinsbu, Bjorn Olav; Suzuki, Yohey; Szpak, Michal; Toffin, Laurent; Uramoto, Goichiro; Yamaguchi, Yasuhiko T.; Zhang, Guo-liang; Zhang, Xiao-hua; Ziebis, Wiebke. |
| The depth of oxygen penetration into marine sediments differs considerably from one region to another. In areas with high rates of microbial respiration, O2 penetrates only millimetres to centimetres into the sediments, but active anaerobic microbial communities are present in sediments hundreds of metres or more below the sea floor. In areas with low sedimentary respiration, O2 penetrates much deeper but the depth to which microbial communities persist was previously unknown. The sediments underlying the South Pacific Gyre exhibit extremely low areal rates of respiration. Here we show that, in this region, microbial cells and aerobic respiration persist through the entire sediment sequence to depths of at least 75 metres below sea floor. Based on the... |
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| Ano: 2015 |
URL: https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00255/36658/35265.pdf |
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