Microbial communities and chemosynthesis in Yellowstone Lake sublacustrine hydrothermal vent waters
Abstract.Five sublacustrine hydrothermal vent locations from 1-109 m water depth in Yellowstone Lake were surveyed seat sleeve by ribosomal RNA sequencing in relation to their chemical composition and dark CO2 fixation rates.They harbor distinct chemosynthetic bacterial communities, depending on temperature (16 - 110ºC) and electron donor supp