Hydrochemical gradients driving extremophile distribution in saline and brine groundwater of southern Poland.

ABSTRACT: Extreme environments, such as highly saline ecosystems, are characterised by a limited presence of microbial communities capable of tolerating and thriving under these conditions. To better understand the limits of life and its chemical and microbiological drivers, highly saline and brine groundwaters of Na-Cl and Na-Ca-Cl types with notably diverse SO₄ contents were sampled in water intakes and springs from sedimentary aquifers located in the Outer Carpathians and the Carpathian Foredeep basin and its basement in Poland. Chemical and microbiological methods were used to identify the composition of groundwaters, determine microbial diversity, and indicate processes controlling their distribution using multivariate statistical analyses. DNA sequencing targeting V3-V4 and V4-V5 ge

SUBMITTER: Slowakiewicz M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11497496 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature