BIOCATALYTIC TRANSFORMATIONS OF HYDROTHERMAL FLUIDS

Authors
JANNASCH HW
Citation
Hw. Jannasch, BIOCATALYTIC TRANSFORMATIONS OF HYDROTHERMAL FLUIDS, Philosophical transactions-Royal Society of London. Physical sciences and engineering, 355(1723), 1997, pp. 475-486
Citations number
61
Categorie Soggetti
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Journal title
Philosophical transactions-Royal Society of London. Physical sciences and engineering → ACNP
ISSN journal
09628428
Volume
355
Issue
1723
Year of publication
1997
Pages
475 - 486
Database
ISI
SICI code
0962-8428(1997)355:1723<475:BTOHF>2.0.ZU;2-Q
Abstract
The occurrence of copious animal populations at deep-sea vents indicat es an effective microbial chemosynthetic biocatalysis of hydrothermal fluids on their emission into oxygenated ambient seawater. The large m etabolic and physiological diversity of microbes found at these sites, including anaerobic and aerobic hyperthermophiles, reflects an even h igher variety of biocatalytic or enzymatic reactions that greatly infl uence deep-sea hydrothermal geochemistry.