Fine-Scale Biogeography and the Inference of Ecological Interactions Among Neutrophilic Iron-Oxidizing Zetaproteobacteria as Determined by a Rule-Based Microbial Network.

ABSTRACT: Hydrothermal vents, such as those at Lō'ihi Seamount and the Mariana Arc and back-arc, release iron required to support life from the Earth's crust. In these ecosystems, bacteria and archaea can oxidize the released iron and therefore play an important role in the biogeochemical cycles of essential nutrients. These organisms often form microbial mats, and the primary producers in these communities can support diverse higher trophic levels. One such class of bacteria are the Zetaproteobacteria. This class of bacteria oxidize iron and commonly produce extracellular iron oxyhydroxide matrices that provide architecture to the microbial mats, so they are considered foundational members of the community and ecosystem engineers. Zetaproteobacteria are responsible for the majority of iron-oxidatio

SUBMITTER: Duchinski K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6823593 | biostudies-literature | 2019

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature