Microbial metabolic potential of hydrothermal vent chimneys along the submarine ring of fire.

ABSTRACT: Hydrothermal vents host a diverse community of microorganisms that utilize chemical gradients from the venting fluid for their metabolisms. The venting fluid can solidify to form chimney structures that these microbes adhere to and colonize. These chimney structures are found throughout many different locations in the world's oceans. In this study, comparative metagenomic analyses of microbial communities on five chimney structures from around the Pacific Ocean were elucidated focusing on the core taxa and genes that are characteristic of each of these hydrothermal vent chimneys. The differences among the taxa and genes found at each chimney due to parameters such as physical characteristics, chemistry, and activity of the vents were highlighted. DNA from the chimneys was sequenced, assemb

SUBMITTER: Murray L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11333457 | biostudies-literature | 2024

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature