The discovery of new deep-sea hydrothermal vent communities in the southern ocean and implications for biogeography. [PDF]
PLoS Biology, 2012 Since the first discovery of deep-sea hydrothermal vents along the Galápagos Rift in 1977, numerous vent sites and endemic faunal assemblages have been found along mid-ocean ridges and back-arc basins at low to mid latitudes.
Alex D Rogers +32 more
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Diversity of coatings on hydrothermal vent gastropods. [PDF]
Sci RepAbstract Shells of hydrothermal vent gastropods are often covered by inorganic coatings whose chemical composition, formation mechanisms, and possible function remain poorly understood. We investigated the mineral coatings of six vent gastropod specimens (one each of the species Lepetodrilus ...
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Thermotogota diversity and distribution patterns revealed in Auka and JaichMaa ‘ja ‘ag hydrothermal vent fields in the Pescadero Basin, Gulf of California [PDF]
PeerJDiscovering new deep hydrothermal vent systems is one of the biggest challenges in ocean exploration. They are a unique window to elucidate the physical, geochemical, and biological processes that occur on the seafloor and are involved in the evolution ...
Manet E. Peña-Salinas +9 more
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Exceptional properties of hyper-resistant armor of a hydrothermal vent crab [PDF]
Scientific Reports, 2022 Animals living in extreme environments, such as hydrothermal vents, would be expected to have evolved protective shells or exoskeletons to maintain homeostasis.
Boongho Cho, Dongsung Kim, Taewon Kim
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Transcriptomics of the Anthopleura Sea Anemone Reveals Unique Adaptive Strategies to Shallow‐Water Hydrothermal Vent [PDF]
Ecology and EvolutionThe nonsymbiotic sea anemone Anthopleura nigrescens dominates the shallow‐water hydrothermal vents off the coast of Kueishan Island, Taiwan. These vents represent some of the world's most extreme environments, with recorded pH values as low as 1.52 and ...
Mei‐Fang Lin +2 more
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Genomic Insights into the Metabolic Traits and Adaptation Mechanisms of Mesophilic Campylobacteria Represented by a Novel Sulfurospirillum Species from Shallow-Water Hydrothermal Vent [PDF]
MicroorganismsMembers of the class Campylobacteria are microaerophilic bacteria widely distributed across diverse environments and are abundant in hydrothermal systems. However, cultivated representatives, particularly from shallow-water vents, remain limited.
Xi Du +6 more
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Frontiers in Marine Science, 2023 Hydrothermal vents are critical to marine geochemical cycling and ecosystem functioning. Although hydrothermal vent-associated megafauna and chemoautotrophic prokaryotes have received extensive dedicated study, smaller hydrothermal vent-associated ...
Joan M. Bernhard +8 more
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Cutting through the smoke: the diversity of microorganisms in deep-sea hydrothermal plumes [PDF]
Royal Society Open Science, 2017 There are still notable gaps regarding the detailed distribution of microorganisms between and within insular habitats such as deep-sea hydrothermal vents.
Anni Djurhuus +3 more
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Virus diversity and interactions with hosts in deep-sea hydrothermal vents
Microbiome, 2022 Background The deep sea harbors many viruses, yet their diversity and interactions with hosts in hydrothermal ecosystems are largely unknown. Here, we analyzed the viral composition, distribution, host preference, and metabolic potential in different ...
Ruolin Cheng +5 more
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Frontiers in Marine Science, 2023 The deep sea is the largest habitat on our planet, supporting a vast diversity of organisms which have yet to be fully described. This habitat is punctuated by hydrothermal vents in which energy derived from chemosynthesis drives carbon fixation ...
Jennifer M. Polinski +3 more
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