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Thermophilic Microbial Communities of Deep-Sea Hydrothermal Vents

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The most recent publications on the phylogenetic and functional diversity of thermophilic prokaryotes inhabiting thermal deep-sea environments are reviewed. Along with a general physicochemical characterization of the biotope studied, certain adaptation mechanisms are discussed that are peculiar to the microorganisms inhabiting it. A separate chapter addresses the phylogenetic analysis of deep-sea hydrothermal microbial communities and uncultivated microorganisms recently discovered therein using molecular biological techniques. Physiological groups of thermophilic microorganisms found in deep-sea hydrothermal vents are considered: methanogens, sulfate-, iron-, and sulfur-reducers, aerobic hydrogen-oxidizing prokaryotes, aerobic and anaerobic organotrophs. In most cases, the isolates represent novel taxons.

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Miroshnichenko, M.L. Thermophilic Microbial Communities of Deep-Sea Hydrothermal Vents. Microbiology 73, 1–13 (2004). https://doi.org/10.1023/B:MICI.0000016360.21607.83

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