Deep-branching acetogens in serpentinized subsurface fluids of Oman

DR Colman, EA Kraus, PH Thieringer… - Proceedings of the …, 2022 - National Acad Sciences
Little is known of acetogens in contemporary serpentinizing systems, despite widely
supported theories that serpentinite-hosted environments supported the first life on Earth via …

Physiological adaptations to serpentinization in the Samail Ophiolite, Oman

EM Fones, DR Colman, EA Kraus, DB Nothaft… - The ISME …, 2019 - academic.oup.com
Hydration of ultramafic rock during the geologic process of serpentinization can generate
reduced substrates that microorganisms may use to fuel their carbon and energy …

Molecular evidence for an active microbial methane cycle in subsurface serpentinite-hosted groundwaters in the Samail Ophiolite, Oman

EA Kraus, D Nothaft, BW Stamps… - Applied and …, 2021 - Am Soc Microbiol
Serpentinization can generate highly reduced fluids replete with hydrogen (H2) and
methane (CH4), potent reductants capable of driving microbial methanogenesis and …

Geochemical, biological, and clumped isotopologue evidence for substantial microbial methane production under carbon limitation in serpentinites of the Samail …

DB Nothaft, AS Templeton, JH Rhim… - Journal of …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
In hyperalkaline () fluids that have participated in low‐temperature (< 150) serpentinization
reactions, the dominant form of C is often methane (), but the origin of this is uncertain. To …

Energetically informed niche models of hydrogenotrophs detected in sediments of serpentinized fluids of the Samail Ophiolite of Oman

AEG Howells, JAM Leong, T Ely… - Journal of …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
A geochemical gradient established by mixing between reduced, hyperalkaline (pH> 11),
H2‐rich fluids generated through the process of serpentinization and surrounding surface …

Modern water/rock reactions in Oman hyperalkaline peridotite aquifers and implications for microbial habitability

HM Miller, JM Matter, P Kelemen, ET Ellison… - … et Cosmochimica Acta, 2016 - Elsevier
Abstract The Samail ophiolite in Oman is undergoing modern hydration and carbonation of
peridotite and may host a deep subsurface biosphere. Previous investigations of …

Methane origin in the Samail Ophiolite: comment on “Modern water/rock reactions in Oman hyperalkaline peridotite aquifers and implications for microbial habitability” …

G Etiope - Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 2017 - earth-prints.org
Miller et al.(2016) report a new study of fluids in the peridotites of the Samail ophiolite in
Oman related to modern serpentinization (olivine hydration), a process that can provide …

Theoretical predictions versus environmental observations on serpentinization fluids: lessons from the Samail ophiolite in Oman

JAM Leong, AE Howells, KJ Robinson… - Journal of …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Thermodynamic calculations provide valuable insights into the reactions that drive the
profound fluid transformations during serpentinization, where surface fluids are transformed …

Diversification of methanogens into hyperalkaline serpentinizing environments through adaptations to minimize oxidant limitation

EM Fones, DR Colman, EA Kraus… - The ISME …, 2021 - academic.oup.com
Metagenome assembled genomes (MAGs) and single amplified genomes (SAGs) affiliated
with two distinct Methanobacterium lineages were recovered from subsurface fracture …

H2 and CH4 outgassing rates in the Samail ophiolite, Oman: implications for low-temperature, continental serpentinization rates

JA Leong, M Nielsen, N McQueen, R Karolytė… - … et Cosmochimica Acta, 2023 - Elsevier
Abstract Reduced (H 2-and CH 4-rich) and hyperalkaline fluids are products of subsurface
reactions accompanying serpentinization of ultramafic rocks. H 2 and CH 4 produced during …