PMID- 16343320
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20060901
LR  - 20131121
IS  - 1462-2912 (Print)
IS  - 1462-2912 (Linking)
VI  - 8
IP  - 1
DP  - 2006 Jan
TI  - Geomicrobiological exploration and characterization of a novel deep-sea 
      hydrothermal system at the TOTO caldera in the Mariana Volcanic Arc.
PG  - 37-49
AB  - Novel hydrothermal activities accompanying effluent white smokers and elemental 
      sulfur chimney structures at the north-east lava dome of the TOTO caldera 
      depression in the Mariana Volcanic Arc have been explored and characterized by 
      geochemical and microbiological surveys. White smoker hydrothermal fluids were 
      observed in the potential hydrothermal activity centre of the field and 
      represented the maximal temperature of 170 degrees C and the lowest pH of 1.6. 
      The chimney structures, all consisting of elemental sulfur (sulfur chimney), were 
      also unique to the TOTO caldera hydrothermal field. Microbial community 
      structures in a sulfur chimney and its formation hydrothermal fluid with a high 
      concentration of hydrogen sulfide (15 mM) have been investigated by 
      culture-dependent and -independent analyses. 16S rRNA gene clone analysis and 
      fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH) analysis revealed that 
      epsilon-Proteobacteria dominated the microbial communities in the sulfur chimney 
      structure and formed a dense microbial mat covering the sulfur chimney surface. 
      Archaeal phylotypes were consistently minor components in the communities and 
      related to the genera Thermococcus, Pyrodictium, Aeropyrum, and the uncultivated 
      archaeal group of 'deep-sea hydrothermal vent euryarchaeotal group'. Cultivation 
      analysis suggested that the chemolithoautotrophs might play a significant 
      ecological role as primary producers utilizing gas and sulfur compounds provided 
      from hydrothermal fluids.
FAU - Nakagawa, Tatsunori
AU  - Nakagawa T
AD  - Subground Animalcule Retrieval SUGAR Project, Japan Agency for Marine-Earth 
      Science and Technology, JAMSTEC, Yokosuka 237-0061, Japan.
FAU - Takai, Ken
AU  - Takai K
FAU - Suzuki, Yohey
AU  - Suzuki Y
FAU - Hirayama, Hisako
AU  - Hirayama H
FAU - Konno, Uta
AU  - Konno U
FAU - Tsunogai, Urumu
AU  - Tsunogai U
FAU - Horikoshi, Koki
AU  - Horikoshi K
LA  - eng
PT  - Comparative Study
PT  - Journal Article
PT  - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
PL  - England
TA  - Environ Microbiol
JT  - Environmental microbiology
JID - 100883692
RN  - 0 (RNA, Ribosomal, 16S)
RN  - 70FD1KFU70 (Sulfur)
RN  - YY9FVM7NSN (Hydrogen Sulfide)
SB  - IM
MH  - Archaea/*genetics
MH  - Base Sequence
MH  - Cloning, Molecular
MH  - Cluster Analysis
MH  - Epsilonproteobacteria/*genetics/growth & development
MH  - Geography
MH  - Hydrogen Sulfide/analysis
MH  - In Situ Hybridization, Fluorescence
MH  - Molecular Sequence Data
MH  - Pacific Ocean
MH  - *Phylogeny
MH  - RNA, Ribosomal, 16S/genetics
MH  - Sequence Analysis, DNA
MH  - Sulfur/analysis
MH  - *Volcanic Eruptions
MH  - *Water Microbiology
EDAT- 2005/12/14 09:00
MHDA- 2006/09/02 09:00
CRDT- 2005/12/14 09:00
PHST- 2005/12/14 09:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2006/09/02 09:00 [medline]
PHST- 2005/12/14 09:00 [entrez]
AID - EMI884 [pii]
AID - 10.1111/j.1462-2920.2005.00884.x [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Environ Microbiol. 2006 Jan;8(1):37-49. doi: 10.1111/j.1462-2920.2005.00884.x.