Biogeographic distributions of microbial communities associated with anaerobic methane oxidation in the surface sediments of deep-sea cold seeps in the South China Sea. [PDF]
Front Microbiol, 2022 Cold seeps are oasis for the microbes in the deep-sea ecosystems, and various cold seeps are located along the northern slope of the South China Sea (SCS).
Jiang Q, Jing H, Liu H, Du M.
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Geosystems and Geoenvironment, 2022 Submarine cold seeps and hydrothermal vents are the key agents of material and energy exchange between the marine lithosphere and outer geospheres. Moreover, they breed natural gas hydrates, massive metal sulfides, and precious genetic resources and are ...
Nengyou Wu +9 more
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Cold seeps are potential hotspots of deep-sea nitrogen loss driven by microorganisms across 21 phyla. [PDF]
Nat CommunNitrogen bioavailability, governed by fixation and loss processes, is crucial for oceanic productivity and global biogeochemical cycles. The key nitrogen loss organisms—denitrifiers and anaerobic ammonium-oxidizing (anammox) bacteria—remain poorly ...
Jiang Q +13 more
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Deep-Sea Natural Products from Extreme Environments: Cold Seeps and Hydrothermal Vents. [PDF]
Mar Drugs, 2022 Cong M +5 more
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Evidence of microbial reductive dehalogenation in deep-sea cold seeps and its implications for biogeochemical cycles. [PDF]
MicrobiomeBackground Reductive dehalogenation is crucial for halogen cycling and environmental remediation, yet its ecological role is not completely understood, especially in deep-sea environments. To address this gap, we investigated the diversity and expression
Han Y +13 more
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Deep-sea corals near cold seeps associate with sulfur-oxidizing chemoautotrophs in the family Ca. Thioglobaceae. [PDF]
MicrobiomeBackground Corals are known for their symbiotic relationships, yet there is limited evidence of chemoautotrophic associations. This is despite some corals occurring near cold seeps where chemosymbiotic fauna abound including mussels that host sulfur ...
Vohsen SA +7 more
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Frontiers in Marine Science, 2023 Cold seep, characterized by active material circulation and methane seepage, is of great importance to reconstruct the paleo-marine environment and trace the origin of life and the occurrence of minerals. Southern South China Sea (SCS) with ample oil and
Chongmin Chen +10 more
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Unexpected genetic and microbial diversity for arsenic cycling in deep sea cold seep sediments
npj Biofilms and Microbiomes, 2023 Cold seeps, where cold hydrocarbon-rich fluid escapes from the seafloor, show strong enrichment of toxic metalloid arsenic (As). The toxicity and mobility of As can be greatly altered by microbial processes that play an important role in global As ...
Chuwen Zhang +6 more
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Tracing the Century‐Long Evolution of Microplastics Deposition in a Cold Seep
Advanced Science, 2023 Microplastic (MP) pollution is one of the greatest threats to marine ecosystems. Cold seeps are characterized by methane‐rich fluid seepage fueling one of the richest ecosystems on the seafloor, and there are approximately more than 900 cold seeps ...
Jing‐Chun Feng +9 more
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mBio, 2022 Cold seeps are a major methane source in marine systems, and microbe-mediated anaerobic oxidation of methane (AOM) serves as an effective barrier for preventing methane emissions from sediment to water.
Yongxin Lv +3 more
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