Novel taxa of Acidobacteriota implicated in seafloor sulfur cycling

M Flieder, J Buongiorno, CW Herbold… - The ISME …, 2021 - academic.oup.com
Acidobacteriota are widespread and often abundant in marine sediments, yet their metabolic
and ecological properties are poorly understood. Here, we examined metabolisms and …

Bacterial community response to chronic heavy metal contamination in marine sediments of the East China Sea

H Chen, C Ji, H Hu, S Hu, S Yue, M Zhao - Environmental Pollution, 2022 - Elsevier
Marine sediments act as a sink for various heavy metals, which may have profound impact
on sedimentary microbiota. However, our knowledge about the collaborative response of …

Insolation vs. meltwater control of productivity and sea surface conditions off SW Greenland during the Holocene

E Allan, A de Vernal, MS Seidenkrantz, JP Briner… - Boreas, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
We address here the specific timing and amplitude of sea‐surface conditions and
productivity changes off SW Greenland, northern Labrador Sea, in response to the high …

Potentially bioavailable iron produced through benthic cycling in glaciated Arctic fjords of Svalbard

K Laufer-Meiser, AB Michaud, M Maisch… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
The Arctic has the highest warming rates on Earth. Glaciated fjord ecosystems, which are
hotspots of carbon cycling and burial, are extremely sensitive to this warming. Glaciers are …

Enhanced bisphenol S anaerobic degradation using an NZVI–HA-modified anode in bioelectrochemical systems

C Shi, Y Xu, M Liu, X Chen, M Fan, J Liu… - Journal of Hazardous …, 2021 - Elsevier
As a substitute for bisphenol A (BPA), bisphenol S (BPS) has a longer half-life, higher
chemical inertness and better skin permeability than BPA, and it also has a strong endocrine …

Cell-specific rates of sulfate reduction and fermentation in the sub-seafloor biosphere

M Jaussi, BB Jørgensen, KU Kjeldsen… - Frontiers in …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Microorganisms in subsurface sediments live from recalcitrant organic matter deposited
thousands or millions of years ago. Their catabolic activities are low, but the deep biosphere …

Hydrocarbon seepage in the deep seabed links subsurface and seafloor biospheres

A Chakraborty, SE Ruff, X Dong… - Proceedings of the …, 2020 - National Acad Sciences
Marine cold seeps transmit fluids between the subseafloor and seafloor biospheres through
upward migration of hydrocarbons that originate in deep sediment layers. It remains unclear …

Enrichment of sulfur-oxidizing bacteria using S-doped NiFe2O4 nanosheets as the anode in microbial fuel cell enhances power production and sulfur recovery

J Li, C Yao, B Song, Z Zhang, AL Brock, S Trapp… - Science of The Total …, 2022 - Elsevier
Microbial fuel cells (MFCs) have great promise for power generation by oxidizing organic
wastewater, yet the challenge to realize high efficiency in simultaneous energy production …

Microbial dynamics in rapidly transforming Arctic proglacial landscapes

G Marsh, D Chernikhova, S Thiele, I Altshuler - PLOS Climate, 2024 - journals.plos.org
Arctic glacial environments are rapidly changing, as the Arctic warms at a rate three to four
times faster than the global average (the phenomenon known as Arctic amplification) …

[HTML][HTML] Svalbard Fjord Sediments as a Hotspot of Functional Diversity and a Reservoir of Antibiotic Resistance

G Caruso, AC Rappazzo, G Maimone, G Zappalà… - Environments, 2024 - mdpi.com
The sea bottom acts as a key natural archive where the memory of long-term timescale
environmental changes is recorded. This study discusses some ecological and chemical …