Lignite coal burning seam in the remote Altai Mountains harbors a hydrogen-driven thermophilic microbial community
Abstract Thermal ecosystems associated with underground coal combustion sites are rare and less studied than geothermal features. Here we analysed microbial communities of near-surface ground layer and bituminous substance in an open quarry heated by subsurface coal fire by metagenomic DNA sequencin...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Nature Publishing Group
2018-04-01
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Series: | Scientific Reports |
Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-018-25146-9 |