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Thermophilic Bacterial Activity In A Deep-Sea Sediment From The Pacific Ocean, Fred C. Dobbs, Karen A. Selph
Thermophilic Bacterial Activity In A Deep-Sea Sediment From The Pacific Ocean, Fred C. Dobbs, Karen A. Selph
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Thermophilic bacterial activity was detected in a deep-sea sediment sample from the South Pacific Ocean at 12 degrees S, 135 degrees W, an area of the seafloor distant from known hydrothermal venting. Incubation of sediments amended with C-14-glutamate indicated maximal respiration (evolution of (CO2)-C-14) and assimilation (incorporation of C-14 into acid-precipitated macromolecules) of substrate at 52 degrees C, relative to 4 and 22 degrees C. A parallel experiment at another site (2 degrees S, 140 degrees W) yielded no evidence of thermophily. Thermophilic bacteria may be deposited in deep-sea sediments following their long-distance dispersal from hydrothermal vents (e.g. the East …