Short communication, Note
Geochemical and microbial diversity of Bundera sinkhole, an anchialine system in the eastern Indian ocean
William Humphreys
; Western Australian Museum, Collections and Research Centre, Locked Bag 49, Welshpool DC, Western Australia; School of Earth and Environmental Sciences, The University of Adelaide, South Australia 5005 and School of Animal Biology, University of Western Au
Sasha Tetu
; Department of Chemistry and Biomolecular Sciences Macquarie University, Sydney NSW 2109 Australia
Liam Elbourne
; Department of Chemistry and Biomolecular Sciences Macquarie University, Sydney NSW 2109 Australia
Michael Gillings
; Genes to Geoscience Research Centre Department of Biological Sciences E8A271 Macquarie University NSW 2109 Australia
Justin Seymour
; now at Plant Functional Biology and Climate Change, University of Technology, Sydney, PO Box 123, Broadway NSW 2007, Australia
Jim Mitchell
; Flinders University of South Australia, School of Biological Sciences, PO Box 2100, Adelaide, South Australia 5001, Australia
Ian Paulsen
; Department of Chemistry and Biomolecular Sciences Macquarie University, Sydney NSW 2109 Australia
Abstract
The anchialine system at Bundera sinkhole, Australia, exhibits pronounced hydrogeochemical structure through depth that is reflected in the composition and distribution of the fauna. It is a strongly structured microbial ecosystem the components of which also change with depth and which is dominated by sulfur bacteria and chemolithotrophic microbial classes.
Keywords
anchialine; chemocline; 16S amplicon sequencing; sulfur bacteria; chemolithotrophy
Hrčak ID:
87198
URI
Publication date:
30.9.2012.
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