PMID- 27512390
OWN - NLM
STAT- PubMed-not-MEDLINE
DCOM- 20160811
LR  - 20231111
IS  - 1664-302X (Print)
IS  - 1664-302X (Electronic)
IS  - 1664-302X (Linking)
VI  - 7
DP  - 2016
TI  - Characterization of Chemosynthetic Microbial Mats Associated with Intertidal 
      Hydrothermal Sulfur Vents in White Point, San Pedro, CA, USA.
PG  - 1163
LID - 10.3389/fmicb.2016.01163 [doi]
LID - 1163
AB  - The shallow-sea hydrothermal vents at White Point (WP) in Palos Verdes on the 
      southern California coast support microbial mats and provide easily accessed 
      settings in which to study chemolithoautotrophic sulfur cycling. Previous studies 
      have cultured sulfur-oxidizing bacteria from the WP mats; however, almost nothing 
      is known about the in situ diversity and activity of the microorganisms in these 
      habitats. We studied the diversity, micron-scale spatial associations and 
      metabolic activity of the mat community via sequence analysis of 16S rRNA and 
      aprA genes, fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH) microscopy and sulfate 
      reduction rate (SRR) measurements. Sequence analysis revealed a diverse group of 
      bacteria, dominated by sulfur cycling gamma-, epsilon-, and deltaproteobacterial 
      lineages such as Marithrix, Sulfurovum, and Desulfuromusa. FISH microscopy 
      suggests a close physical association between sulfur-oxidizing and 
      sulfur-reducing genotypes, while radiotracer studies showed low, but detectable, 
      SRR. Comparative 16S rRNA gene sequence analyses indicate the WP sulfur vent 
      microbial mat community is similar, but distinct from other hydrothermal vent 
      communities representing a range of biotopes and lithologic settings. These 
      findings suggest a complete biological sulfur cycle is operating in the WP mat 
      ecosystem mediated by diverse bacterial lineages, with some similarity with 
      deep-sea hydrothermal vent communities.
FAU - Miranda, Priscilla J
AU  - Miranda PJ
AD  - Department of Geological Sciences, California State University, Long Beach, Long 
      Beach CA, USA.
FAU - McLain, Nathan K
AU  - McLain NK
AD  - Department of Biological Sciences, California State University, Long Beach, Long 
      Beach CA, USA.
FAU - Hatzenpichler, Roland
AU  - Hatzenpichler R
AD  - Division of Geological and Planetary Sciences, California Institute of 
      Technology, Pasadena CA, USA.
FAU - Orphan, Victoria J
AU  - Orphan VJ
AD  - Division of Geological and Planetary Sciences, California Institute of 
      Technology, Pasadena CA, USA.
FAU - Dillon, Jesse G
AU  - Dillon JG
AD  - Department of Biological Sciences, California State University, Long Beach, Long 
      Beach CA, USA.
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
DEP - 20160727
PL  - Switzerland
TA  - Front Microbiol
JT  - Frontiers in microbiology
JID - 101548977
PMC - PMC4961709
OTO - NOTNLM
OT  - Desulfuromusa
OT  - fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH)
OT  - hydrothermal vents
OT  - microbial mat
OT  - pyrosequencing
OT  - sulfate reduction rates
OT  - sulfur-cycling
EDAT- 2016/08/12 06:00
MHDA- 2016/08/12 06:01
PMCR- 2016/07/27
CRDT- 2016/08/12 06:00
PHST- 2016/04/01 00:00 [received]
PHST- 2016/07/12 00:00 [accepted]
PHST- 2016/08/12 06:00 [entrez]
PHST- 2016/08/12 06:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2016/08/12 06:01 [medline]
PHST- 2016/07/27 00:00 [pmc-release]
AID - 10.3389/fmicb.2016.01163 [doi]
PST - epublish
SO  - Front Microbiol. 2016 Jul 27;7:1163. doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2016.01163. eCollection 
      2016.