Young «oil site» of the Uzon Caldera as a habitat for unique microbial life.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The Uzon Caldera is one of the places on our planet with unique geological, ecological, and microbiological characteristics. Uzon oil is the youngest on Earth. Uzon oil has unique composition, with low proportion of heavy fractions and relatively high content of saturated hydrocarbons. Microbial communities of the «oil site» have a diverse composition and live at high temperatures (up to 97 °C), significant oscillations of Eh and pH, and high content of sulfur, sulfides, arsenic, antimony, and mercury in water and rocks.

Results

The study analyzed the composition, structure and unique genetics characteristics of the microbial communities of the oil site, analyzed the metabolic pathways in the communities. Metabolic pathways of hydrocarbon degradation by microorgan

SUBMITTER: Peltek SE 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7685581 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature