Preservation of Underground Microbial Diversity in Ancient Subsurface Deposits (>6 Ma) of the Rio Tinto Basement

Preservation of Underground Microbial Diversity in Ancient Subsurface Deposits (>6 Ma) of the Rio Tinto Basement

The drilling of the Rio Tinto basement has provided evidence of an underground microbial community primarily sustained by the Fe and S metabolism through the biooxidation of pyrite orebodies. Although the gossan is the microbial activity product, which dates back to the Oligocene (25 Ma), no molecul...

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Main Authors: David C. Fernández-Remolar, David Gómez-Ortiz, Per Malmberg, Ting Huang, Yan Shen, Angélica Anglés, Ricardo Amils
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2021-07-01
Series:Microorganisms
Subjects:
biomolecules
hyperacidic environments
Iberian pyrite belt
Rio Tinto
underground preservation
Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2076-2607/9/8/1592

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