Temporal dynamics of geothermal microbial communities in Aotearoa-New Zealand.

ABSTRACT: Microbial biogeography studies, in particular for geothermal-associated habitats, have focused on spatial patterns and/or individual sites, which have limited ability to describe the dynamics of ecosystem behaviour. Here, we report the first comprehensive temporal study of bacterial and archaeal communities from an extensive range of geothermal features in Aotearoa-New Zealand. One hundred and fifteen water column samples from 31 geothermal ecosystems were taken over a 34-month period to ascertain microbial community stability (control sites), community response to both natural and anthropogenic disturbances in the local environment (disturbed sites) and temporal variation in spring diversity across different pH values (pH 3, 5, 7, 9) all at a similar temperature of 60-70°C (pH sites). Ide

SUBMITTER: Power JF 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10068964 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature