Sulfur-driven autotrophic denitrification: diversity, biochemistry, and engineering applications

MF Shao, T Zhang, HHP Fang - Applied microbiology and biotechnology, 2010 - Springer
Sulfur-driven autotrophic denitrification refers to the chemolithotrophic process coupling
denitrification with the oxidation of reduced inorganic sulfur compounds. Ever since 1904 …

The versatile ε-proteobacteria: key players in sulphidic habitats

BJ Campbell, AS Engel, ML Porter… - Nature Reviews …, 2006 - nature.com
The ε-proteobacteria have recently been recognized as globally ubiquitous in modern
marine and terrestrial ecosystems, and have had a significant role in biogeochemical and …

Characterization of dissolved organic matter in cave and spring waters using UV–Vis absorbance and fluorescence spectroscopy

JE Birdwell, AS Engel - Organic Geochemistry, 2010 - Elsevier
Chromophoric dissolved organic matter (CDOM) was examined using fluorescence and
absorbance spectra from sulfidic cave and thermal and non-thermal surface-discharging …

The globally widespread genus Sulfurimonas: versatile energy metabolisms and adaptations to redox clines

Y Han, M Perner - Frontiers in microbiology, 2015 - frontiersin.org
Sulfurimonas species are commonly isolated from sulfidic habitats and numerous 16S rRNA
sequences related to Sulfurimonas species have been identified in chemically distinct …

Life without light: microbial diversity and evidence of sulfur-and ammonium-based chemolithotrophy in Movile Cave

Y Chen, L Wu, R Boden, A Hillebrand… - The ISME …, 2009 - academic.oup.com
Abstract Microbial diversity in Movile Cave (Romania) was studied using bacterial and
archaeal 16S rRNA gene sequence and functional gene analyses, including ribulose-1, 5 …

Dominant microbial populations in limestone-corroding stream biofilms, Frasassi cave system, Italy

JL Macalady, EH Lyon, B Koffman… - Applied and …, 2006 - Am Soc Microbiol
Waters from an extensive sulfide-rich aquifer emerge in the Frasassi cave system, where
they mix with oxygen-rich percolating water and cave air over a large surface area. The …

Microbial diversity in caves

K Tomczyk-Żak, U Zielenkiewicz - Geomicrobiology Journal, 2016 - Taylor & Francis
Relatively stable physical conditions in caves allow for the examination of the relationship
between geochemical processes and the activity of microorganisms, reflected in substantial …

Niche differentiation among sulfur-oxidizing bacterial populations in cave waters

JL Macalady, S Dattagupta, I Schaperdoth… - The ISME …, 2008 - academic.oup.com
The sulfidic Frasassi cave system affords a unique opportunity to investigate niche
relationships among sulfur-oxidizing bacteria, including epsilonproteobacterial clades with …

Autotrophic biofilms sustained by deeply sourced groundwater host diverse bacteria implicated in sulfur and hydrogen metabolism

LE Valentin-Alvarado, SC Fakra, AJ Probst, JR Giska… - Microbiome, 2024 - Springer
Background Biofilms in sulfide-rich springs present intricate microbial communities that play
pivotal roles in biogeochemical cycling. We studied chemoautotrophically based biofilms …

Sulfuric acid caves of the world: A review

J De Waele, IM D'Angeli, P Audra, L Plan… - Earth-Science …, 2024 - Elsevier
In soluble rocks such as limestone and dolostone there are two main types of cave genesis
(speleogenesis);(i) epigenic speleogenesis, in which the aggressiveness that forms caves is …