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Microbial Biogeochemistry Of Boiling Springs Lake: A Physically Dynamic, Oligotrophic, Low-P H Geothermal Ecosystem, Patricia Lynne Siering, Gordon V. Wolfe, Mark S. Wilson, A. N. Yip, Cynthia M. Carey, Colin D. Wardman, Russell Scott Shapiro, Kenneth M. Stedman, Jennifer E. Kyle, Tong Yuan, Joy D. Van Nostrand, Zhili He, Jizhong Zhou
Microbial Biogeochemistry Of Boiling Springs Lake: A Physically Dynamic, Oligotrophic, Low-P H Geothermal Ecosystem, Patricia Lynne Siering, Gordon V. Wolfe, Mark S. Wilson, A. N. Yip, Cynthia M. Carey, Colin D. Wardman, Russell Scott Shapiro, Kenneth M. Stedman, Jennifer E. Kyle, Tong Yuan, Joy D. Van Nostrand, Zhili He, Jizhong Zhou
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Boiling Springs Lake (BSL) in Lassen Volcanic National Park, California, is North America's largest hot spring, but little is known about the physical, chemical, and biological features of the system. Using a remotely operated vessel, we characterized the bathymetry and near-surface temperatures at sub-meter resolution. The majority of the 1.2 ha, pH 2.2 lake is 10 m deep and 50-52 [degrees]C, but temperatures reach 93 [degrees]C locally. We extracted DNA from water and sediments collected from warm (52 [degrees]C) and hot (73-83 [degrees]C) sites separated by 180 m. Gene clone libraries and functional gene microarray (GeoChip 3.0) were used to …