Insights into the physiological and genomic characterization of three bacterial isolates from a highly alkaline, terrestrial serpentinizing system

J Thompson, C Barr, L Babcock-Adams, L Bird… - Frontiers in …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
The terrestrial serpentinite-hosted ecosystem known as “The Cedars” is home to a diverse
microbial community persisting under highly alkaline (pH~ 12) and reducing (Eh<− 550 mV) …

Unusual metabolic diversity of hyperalkaliphilic microbial communities associated with subterranean serpentinization at The Cedars

S Suzuki, S Ishii, T Hoshino, A Rietze… - The ISME …, 2017 - academic.oup.com
Abstract Water from The Cedars springs that discharge from serpentinized ultramafic rocks
feature highly basic (pH=~ 12), highly reducing (E h<− 550 mV) conditions with low ionic …

[HTML][HTML] Physiological and genomic features of highly alkaliphilic hydrogen-utilizing Betaproteobacteria from a continental serpentinizing site

S Suzuki, JG Kuenen, K Schipper… - Nature …, 2014 - nature.com
Serpentinization, or the aqueous alteration of ultramafic rocks, results in challenging
environments for life in continental sites due to the combination of extremely high pH, low …

Lithoautotrophic lifestyle of the widespread genus Roseovarius revealed by physiological and genomic characterization of Roseovarius autotrophicus sp. nov

G Slobodkina, N Ratnikova, A Merkel… - FEMS Microbiology …, 2022 - academic.oup.com
The genus Roseovarius, a member of the ecologically important Roseobacter-clade, is
widespread throughout the world. A facultatively anaerobic lithoautotrophic bacterium (strain …

Alkaliphilus serpentinus sp. nov. and Alkaliphilus pronyensis sp. nov., two novel anaerobic alkaliphilic species isolated from the serpentinite-hosted Prony Bay …

A Postec, M Quéméneur, A Lecoeuvre… - Systematic and applied …, 2021 - Elsevier
Two novel anaerobic alkaliphilic strains, designated as LacT T and LacV T, were isolated
from the Prony Bay Hydrothermal Field (PBHF, New Caledonia). Cells were motile, Gram …

Metabolic challenges and key players in serpentinite-hosted microbial ecosystems

RM Popall, A Postec, A Lecoeuvre… - Frontiers in …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Serpentinite-hosted systems are amongst the most challenging environments for life on
Earth. Serpentinization, a geochemical alteration of exposed ultramafic rock, produces …

Carbon metabolism and adaptation of hyperalkaliphilic microbes in serpentinizing spring of Manleluag, the Philippines

Y Wang, W Li, BJ Baker, Y Zhou, L He… - Environmental …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Reduced substrates produced by the serpentinization reaction under hydration of olivine
may have fuelled biological processes on early Earth. To understand the adaptive strategies …

Diversity of rare and abundant prokaryotic phylotypes in the Prony Hydrothermal Field and comparison with other serpentinite-hosted ecosystems

E Frouin, M Bes, B Ollivier, M Quéméneur… - Frontiers in …, 2018 - frontiersin.org
The Bay of Prony, South of New Caledonia, represents a unique serpentinite-hosted
hydrothermal field due to its coastal situation. It harbors both submarine and intertidal active …

Determining resident microbial community members and their correlations with geochemistry in a serpentinizing spring

LR Trutschel, BR Kruger, JD Sackett… - Frontiers in …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Terrestrial serpentinizing systems allow us insight into the realm of alkaliphilic microbial
communities driven by geology in a way that is frequently more accessible than their deep …

Comparative metagenomics highlight a widespread pathway involved in catabolism of phosphonates in marine and terrestrial Serpentinizing ecosystems

E Frouin, A Lecoeuvre, F Armougom, MO Schrenk… - Msystems, 2022 - Am Soc Microbiol
Serpentinizing hydrothermal systems result from water circulating into the subsurface and
interacting with mantle-derived rocks notably near mid-ocean ridges or continental …