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| Title |
Microbial activity in the marine deep biosphere: progress and prospects
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| Published in |
Frontiers in Microbiology, January 2013
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| DOI | 10.3389/fmicb.2013.00189 |
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| Authors |
Beth N. Orcutt, Douglas E. LaRowe, Jennifer F. Biddle, Frederick S. Colwell, Brian T. Glazer, Brandi Kiel Reese, John B. Kirkpatrick, Laura L. Lapham, Heath J. Mills, Jason B. Sylvan, Scott D. Wankel, C. Geoff Wheat |
| Abstract |
The vast marine deep biosphere consists of microbial habitats within sediment, pore waters, upper basaltic crust and the fluids that circulate throughout it. A wide range of temperature, pressure, pH, and electron donor and acceptor conditions exists-all of which can combine to affect carbon and nutrient cycling and result in gradients on spatial scales ranging from millimeters to kilometers. Diverse and mostly uncharacterized microorganisms live in these habitats, and potentially play a role in mediating global scale biogeochemical processes. Quantifying the rates at which microbial activity in the subsurface occurs is a challenging endeavor, yet developing an understanding of these rates is essential to determine the impact of subsurface life on Earth's global biogeochemical cycles, and for understanding how microorganisms in these "extreme" environments survive (or even thrive). Here, we synthesize recent advances and discoveries pertaining to microbial activity in the marine deep subsurface, and we highlight topics about which there is still little understanding and suggest potential paths forward to address them. This publication is the result of a workshop held in August 2012 by the NSF-funded Center for Dark Energy Biosphere Investigations (C-DEBI) "theme team" on microbial activity (www.darkenergybiosphere.org). |
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 6 | 33% |
| Canada | 1 | 6% |
| United Arab Emirates | 1 | 6% |
| Switzerland | 1 | 6% |
| France | 1 | 6% |
| Ireland | 1 | 6% |
| Unknown | 7 | 39% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Scientists | 8 | 44% |
| Members of the public | 8 | 44% |
| Science communicators (journalists, bloggers, editors) | 1 | 6% |
| Practitioners (doctors, other healthcare professionals) | 1 | 6% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 239 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 9 | 4% |
| Chile | 1 | <1% |
| Italy | 1 | <1% |
| Russia | 1 | <1% |
| Canada | 1 | <1% |
| Japan | 1 | <1% |
| Spain | 1 | <1% |
| Unknown | 224 | 94% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 63 | 26% |
| Researcher | 37 | 15% |
| Student > Master | 34 | 14% |
| Student > Bachelor | 19 | 8% |
| Professor > Associate Professor | 14 | 6% |
| Other | 41 | 17% |
| Unknown | 31 | 13% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 69 | 29% |
| Earth and Planetary Sciences | 56 | 23% |
| Environmental Science | 33 | 14% |
| Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | 22 | 9% |
| Immunology and Microbiology | 6 | 3% |
| Other | 11 | 5% |
| Unknown | 42 | 18% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 15. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 22 August 2017.
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#1,759
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#22,889
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