Gas seepage pockmark microbiomes suggest the presence of sedimentary coal seams in the Öxarfjörður graben of northeastern Iceland

• Published in: Canadian Journal of Microbiology
• Main Authors: Þorsteinsdóttir, Guðný Vala, Blischke, Anett, Sigurbjörnsdóttir, M. Auður, Òskarsson, Finnbogi, Arnarson, Þórarinn Sveinn, Magnússon, Kristinn P., Vilhelmsson, Oddur
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Canadian Science Publishing 2020
• Subjects: Genetics; Molecular Biology; Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology; General Medicine; Immunology; Microbiology; Öxarfjörður; Iceland
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1139/cjm-2019-0081; http://www.nrcresearchpress.com/doi/full-xml/10.1139/cjm-2019-0081; http://www.nrcresearchpress.com/doi/pdf/10.1139/cjm-2019-0081

Natural gas seepage pockmarks are found off- and onshore in the Öxarfjörður graben, Iceland. The bacterial communities of two onshore seepage sites were analysed by 16S rRNA gene amplicon sequencing; the geochemical characteristics, hydrocarbon content, and the carbon isotope composition of the site...