Surface runoff alters cave microbial community structure and function.

Caves formed by sulfuric acid dissolution have been identified worldwide. These caves can host diverse microbial communities that are responsible for speleogenesis and speleothem formation. It is not well understood how microbial communities change in response to surface water entering caves. Illumi...

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Main Authors: Madison C Davis, Maria A Messina, Giuseppe Nicolosi, Salvatore Petralia, Melvin D Baker, Christiana K S Mayne, Chelsea M Dinon, Christina J Moss, Bogdan P Onac, James R Garey
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2020-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0232742