scholarly journals Isolation of Tellurite- and Selenite-Resistant Bacteria from Hydrothermal Vents of the Juan de Fuca Ridge in the Pacific Ocean

2002 ◽  
Vol 68 (9) ◽  
pp. 4613-4622 ◽  
Author(s):  
Christopher Rathgeber ◽  
Natalia Yurkova ◽  
Erko Stackebrandt ◽  
J. Thomas Beatty ◽  
Vladimir Yurkov

ABSTRACT Deep-ocean hydrothermal-vent environments are rich in heavy metals and metalloids and present excellent sites for the isolation of metal-resistant microorganisms. Both metalloid-oxide-resistant and metalloid-oxide-reducing bacteria were found. Tellurite- and selenite-reducing strains were isolated in high numbers from ocean water near hydrothermal vents, bacterial films, and sulfide-rich rocks. Growth of these isolates in media containing K2TeO3 or Na2SeO3 resulted in the accumulation of metallic tellurium or selenium. The MIC of K2TeO3 ranged from 1,500 to greater than 2,500 μg/ml, and the MIC of Na2SeO3 ranged from 6,000 to greater than 7,000 μg/ml for 10 strains. Phylogenetic analysis of 4 of these 10 strains revealed that they form a branch closely related to members of the genus Pseudoalteromonas, within the γ-3 subclass of the Proteobacteria. All 10 strains were found to be salt tolerant, pH tolerant, and thermotolerant. The metalloid resistance and morphological, physiological, and phylogenetic characteristics of newly isolated strains are described.

1998 ◽  
Vol 64 (1) ◽  
pp. 337-341 ◽  
Author(s):  
Vladimir Yurkov ◽  
J. Thomas Beatty

ABSTRACT A strain of the aerobic anoxygenic photosynthetic bacteria was isolated from a deep-ocean hydrothermal vent plume environment. The in vivo absorption spectra of cells indicate the presence of bacteriochlorophyll a incorporated into light-harvesting complex I and a reaction center. The general morphological and physiological characteristics of this new isolate are described.


2006 ◽  
Vol 53 (5) ◽  
pp. 449-456 ◽  
Author(s):  
Christopher Rathgeber ◽  
Natalia Yurkova ◽  
Erko Stackebrandt ◽  
Peter Schumann ◽  
Elaine Humphrey ◽  
...  

2008 ◽  
Vol 97 (3) ◽  
pp. 235-244 ◽  
Author(s):  
Christopher Rathgeber ◽  
Michael T. Lince ◽  
Jean Alric ◽  
Andrew S. Lang ◽  
Elaine Humphrey ◽  
...  

Nature ◽  
1985 ◽  
Vol 313 (5999) ◽  
pp. 212-214 ◽  
Author(s):  
Canadian American Seamount Expediti

1997 ◽  
Vol 44 (9-10) ◽  
pp. 1627-1644 ◽  
Author(s):  
Verena Tunnicliffe ◽  
Robert W. Embley ◽  
James F. Holden ◽  
David A. Butterfield ◽  
Gary J. Massoth ◽  
...  

2016 ◽  
Vol 283 (1844) ◽  
pp. 20162337 ◽  
Author(s):  
Steffen Kiel

Deep-sea hydrothermal vents and methane seeps are inhabited by members of the same higher taxa but share few species, thus scientists have long sought habitats or regions of intermediate character that would facilitate connectivity among these habitats. Here, a network analysis of 79 vent, seep, and whale-fall communities with 121 genus-level taxa identified sedimented vents as a main intermediate link between the two types of ecosystems. Sedimented vents share hot, metal-rich fluids with mid-ocean ridge-type vents and soft sediment with seeps. Such sites are common along the active continental margins of the Pacific Ocean, facilitating connectivity among vent/seep faunas in this region. By contrast, sedimented vents are rare in the Atlantic Ocean, offering an explanation for the greater distinction between its vent and seep faunas compared with those of the Pacific Ocean. The distribution of subduction zones and associated back-arc basins, where sedimented vents are common, likely plays a major role in the evolutionary and biogeographic connectivity of vent and seep faunas. The hypothesis that decaying whale carcasses are dispersal stepping stones linking these environments is not supported.


Zootaxa ◽  
2012 ◽  
Vol 3241 (1) ◽  
pp. 35 ◽  
Author(s):  
TOMOYUKI KOMAI ◽  
SHINJI TSUCHIDA ◽  
MICHEL SEGONZAC

Five species of the hippolytid shrimp genus Lebbeus White, 1847 are reported from various deep-water hydrothermal ventsites in the Pacific Ocean: L. laurentae Wicksten, 2010 from the East Pacific Rise 13°N; L. wera Ahyong, 2009 from theBrothers Seamount, Kermadec Ridge, New Zealand; L. pacmanus sp. nov. from the Manus Basin, Bismarck Sea; L.shinkaiae sp. nov. from the Okinawa Trough, Japan; and L. thermophilus sp. nov. from the Manus and Lau basins, south-western Pacific. Lebbeus laurentae is fully redescribed because the original and subsequent descriptions are not totallydetailed. Differentiating characters among the three new species and close allies are discussed. Previous records of Lebbeus species from hydrothermal vents are reviewed.


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