Microbial communities in dark oligotrophic volcanic ice cave ecosystems of Mt. Erebus, Antarctica

• Published in: Frontiers in Microbiology
• Main Authors: Bradley M. Tebo, Richard E. Davis, Roberto P. Anitori, Laurie B. Connell, Peter eSchiffman, Hubert eStaudigel
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2015
• Subjects: Carbon Monoxide; Ribulose-Bisphosphate Carboxylase; oligotrophy; chemolithoautotrophy; Rubisco; Microbiology; QR1-502; Calvin; Antarc*; Antarctica
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2015.00179; https://doaj.org/article/684a9f2f033247dda64d6e5e6a2b6db7

The Earth’s crust hosts a subsurface, dark, and oligotrophic biosphere that is poorly understood in terms of the energy supporting its biomass production and impact on food webs at the Earth’s surface. Dark oligotrophic volcanic ecosystems (DOVEs) are good environments for investigations of life in...