Young «oil site» of the Uzon Caldera as a habitat for unique microbial life.

Sergey E PeltekAlla V BryanskayaYuliya E UvarovaAleksey S RozanovTimofey V IvanisenkoVladimir A IvanisenkoElena V LazarevaOlga V SaikVadim M EfimovSergey M ZhmodikOxana P TaranNikolay M SlynkoSergey V ShekhovtsovValentin N ParmonNikolay L DobretsovNikolay A Kolchanov

Published in: BMC microbiology (2020)

There were statistically significant relationships between geochemical parameters, taxonomic composition, and the completeness of metabolic pathways. It was demonstrated that geochemical parameters define the structure and metabolic potential of microbial communities. Metabolic pathways of hydrocarbon oxidation was found to prevail in the studied communities, which corroborates the hypothesis on abiogenic synthesis of Uzon hydrothermal petroleum.

Keyphrases

heavy metals
health risk
climate change
microbial community
hydrogen peroxide
middle aged
human health
drinking water