Hydrothermal vents are among the most fascinating environments that exist within the
modern oceans, being home to highly productive communities of specially-adapted fauna …

Deep‐sea hydrothermal systems provide ideal conditions for prebiotic reactions and ancient
metabolic pathways and, therefore, might have played a pivotal role in the emergence of life …

Background Symbiotic relationships between microbes and their hosts are widespread and
diverse, often providing protection or nutrients, and may be either obligate or facultative …

The Ediacaran rangeomorph Fractofusus misrai is the most common and best-preserved of
the E Surface fossil assemblage in the Mistaken Point Ecological Reserve of southeastern …

Mediation by sulphate-reducing bacteria (SRB) is responsible for pyrite (FeS2) formation.
The origin of the Dachang tin polymetallic ore field is related to the mineralisation of …

Symbioses between metazoans and microbes involved in sulfur cycling are integral to the
ability of animals to thrive within deep‐sea hydrothermal vent environments; the …

Biological activity at deep‐sea hydrothermal chimneys is driven by chemotrophic
microorganisms that metabolize chemicals from the venting high‐temperature fluids …

硫黄は, 太古の海で生命が誕生して以来, 地球の生命の歴史を牽引してきた元素である.
地球に最初に誕生した生物は, 現代も深海底にみられる熱水噴出孔のような火山性地熱活動に …