Bacterial Variability within an Iron-Silica-Manganese-rich Hydrothermal Mound Located Off-axis at the Cleft Segment, Juan de Fuca Ridge
Bacterial Variability within an Iron-Silica-Manganese-rich Hydrothermal Mound Located Off-axis at the Cleft Segment, Juan de Fuca Ridge
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DOI:
10.1080/01490450902889080
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发表时间:
2009-01-01
影响因子:
2.3
通讯作者:
Moyer, Craig L.
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作者:
Davis, Richard E.;Stakes, Debra S.;Moyer, Craig L.
Terminal-restriction fragment length polymorphisms (T-RFLPs) and traditional clone library analysis were used to identify and assess the spatial variability of microbial communities within an active diffusely venting hydrothermal mound found 4 km off-axis at the Cleft Segment, Juan de FucaRidge. T-RFLP fingerprints were generated from three subsamples taken from different depths of a sediment core. The top and center subsamples were dominated by phylotypes clustering with the proposed. zeta-Proteobacteria. The bottom of the core was dominated by a phylotype clustering in the Nitrospina group within the delta-Proteobacteria. Cluster analysis of T-RFLP fingerprints from the center of the core shows a similar community structure with those from iron-dominated microbial mat communities collected from NW Eifuku Seamount in the Mariana Island Arc and from Loihi Seamount, Hawaii. Our study demonstrates that off-axis diffuse hydrothermal activity generates microbial communities that can potentially affect their habitat through the differential precipitation of Fe-, Si-, and Mn-rich deposits.