Microbial megacities fueled by methane oxidation in a mineral spring cave. [PDF]
ISME J, 2018 Karwautz C +4 more
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Comparative study of acetylcholinesterase and glutathione S-transferase activities of closely related cave and surface Asellus aquaticus (Isopoda: Crustacea). [PDF]
PLoS One, 2017 Jemec A +4 more
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Microbiology of Movile Cave—A Chemolithoautotrophic Ecosystem [PDF]
Geomicrobiology Journal, 2014 Discovered in 1986, Movile Cave is an unusual cave ecosystem sustained by in situ chemoautotrophic primary production. The cave is completely isolated from the surface and the primary energy sources are hydrogen sulfide and methane released from hydrothermal fluids.
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Analysis of methanotrophic bacteria in Movile Cave by stable isotope probing [PDF]
Environmental Microbiology, 2003 Summary Movile Cave is an unusual groundwater ecosystem that is supported by in situ chemoautotrophic production. The cave atmosphere contains 1–2% methane (CH 4 ), although much higher concentrations are found in gas bubbles that keep
Hutchens, Elena +4 more
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A new species of the genus Archiboreoiulus Brolemann, 1921 (Diplopoda, Julida) from Movile Cave (Southern Dobrogea, Romania) [PDF]
Zootaxa, 2020 Up to the present, the genus Archiboreoiulus included only two species: A. sollaudi from France and A. pallidus with a wide European distribution range. Here we describe a previously unknown species of the genus Archiboreoiulus, A. serbansarbui, collected from the mesothermal sulfurous Movile Cave, Mangalia, Romania, harboring a rich and diverse ...
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Preliminary Evidence for a Sulphur Cycle in Movile Cave, Romania
Acta Biotechnologica, 2003AbstractIn order to investigate the food chain and energy balance of the chemolithoautotrophically‐based ecosystem of the sulphur spring in Movile Cave as a model system for extraterrestrial life, a first sampling campaign was done. Microbial diversity and activity were analysed by MPN‐enumeration methods and microcalorimetry, respectively. In addition,
Wolfgang Sand
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, 2018 Movile Cave (SE Romania) is the first known subterranean chemosynthesis-based ecosystem. Sulfur- and methane-oxidizing, as well as nitrifying microorganisms, form the base of the food web in this peculiar ecosystem. The bacteria use mainly oxygen from the cave’s atmosphere as electron acceptor to oxidize H2S, CH4, and NH4+, which originate from the ...
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Life cycle and calculation of the intrinsic rate of natural increase of two bacterivorous nematodes, Panagrolaimus sp. and Poikilolaimus sp. from chemoautotrophic Movile Cave, Romania [PDF]
Nematology, 2007 AbstractThe life cycle and somatic growth of two bacterivorous nematodes, Panagrolaimus sp. and Poikilolaimus sp., isolated from chemoautotrophic microbial mats in Movile Cave, Romania, were studied in monoxenic cultures at 20°C with Escherichia coli as the food source.
Muschiol, Daniel, Traunspurger, Walter
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METHYLATED AMINE-UTILISING BACTERIA AND MICROBIAL NITROGEN CYCLING IN MOVILE CAVE [PDF]
, 2014 Movile Cave is an unusual, isolated ecosystem which harbours a complex population of microorganisms, fungi and endemic invertebrates. In the absence of light and with no fixed carbon entering the cave, life is sustained by non-phototrophic microorganisms such as sulfur and methane oxidisers.
Wischer, Daniela
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Aquatic ecosystems characterized by naturally elevated concentrations of hydrogen sulfide (H2S) occur worldwide, in both marine and freshwater environments, where H2S is generated through geochemical or biological processes (Engel, 2007; Greenway et al., 2014; Tobler et al., 2016).
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