Preliminary assessment of methanogenic microbial communities in marine caves of Zakynthos Island (Ionian Sea, Greece)

Result code in IS VaVaI

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Alternative codes found

RIV/00216224:14310/18:00108838

Result on the web

<a href="https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Vasilis_Gerovasileiou/publication/325847879_Preliminary_assessment_of_methanogenic_microbial_communities_in_marine_caves_of_Zakynthos_Island/links/5b2a32eb4585150c6340145f/Preliminary-assessment-of-methanogenic-microbial-communities-in-marine-caves-of-Zakynthos-Island.pdf" target="_blank" >https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Vasilis_Gerovasileiou/publication/325847879_Preliminary_assessment_of_methanogenic_microbial_communities_in_marine_caves_of_Zakynthos_Island/links/5b2a32eb4585150c6340145f/Preliminary-assessment-of-methanogenic-microbial-communities-in-marine-caves-of-Zakynthos-Island.pdf</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.12681/mms.14374" target="_blank" >10.12681/mms.14374</a>

Result language

angličtina

Original language name

Preliminary assessment of methanogenic microbial communities in marine caves of Zakynthos Island (Ionian Sea, Greece)

Original language description

Mediterranean marine caves remain largely unexplored, while particularly limited information is available about the microbial life existing in these unique environments. The present study is a preliminary assessment of the composition of the active anaerobic microbial community colonizing the walls of newly explored systems of underwater caves and small cavities in Zakynthos Island. The interior of these caves is densely coated with egg-shaped, foam-shaped and filamentous biological structures that are characterised by a strong odor of hydrogen sulfide gas. A total of twelve structures scrapped from cave rocks were subjected to anaerobic cultivation for up to 208 days. Strong to moderate methanogenesis was observed in two different types of egg-shaped structures and one foam-like structure. Interestingly, this was observed in experiments that were performed at room temperature (i.e. 25oC) which is substantially lower than those typically considered optimum for methane production (e.g. 35oC). Analysis of the 16S rRNA genes revealed a clear dominance of archaea and bacteria closely related to known methane producers and sulfate reducers, including members of the families Methanomicrobiaceae, Desulfobulbaceae, Desulfobacteraceae, Desulfuromonaceae, Campylobacteraceae, Marinifilaceae, Clostridiaceae, Incertae Sedis – Family I & II. These results show that Mediterranean marine caves can host members of archaea and bacteria with potential biotechnological interest that deserve further investigation.

Czech name

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Czech description

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Type

J_imp - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database

CEP classification

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OECD FORD branch

40301 - Veterinary science

Project

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Continuities

V - Vyzkumna aktivita podporovana z jinych verejnych zdroju

Publication year

2018

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Name of the periodical

Mediterranean Marine Science

ISSN

1108-393X

e-ISSN

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Volume of the periodical

19

Issue of the periodical within the volume

2

Country of publishing house

GR - GREECE

Number of pages

6

Pages from-to

284-289

UT code for WoS article

000440187700006

EID of the result in the Scopus database

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