{"id":10558,"date":"2017-01-18T10:47:06","date_gmt":"2017-01-18T18:47:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.darkenergybiosphere.org\/?post_type=publication&#038;p=10558"},"modified":"2020-04-14T15:04:50","modified_gmt":"2020-04-14T22:04:50","slug":"ocean-sediments-an-enormous-but-underappreciated-microbial-habitat","status":"publish","type":"publication","link":"https:\/\/www.darkenergybiosphere.org\/publication\/ocean-sediments-an-enormous-but-underappreciated-microbial-habitat\/","title":{"rendered":"Ocean Sediments\u2014an Enormous but Underappreciated Microbial Habitat"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Summary<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The oceans that cover 70% of the Earth\u2019s surface lie above 3\u00d710<sup>8<\/sup> km<sup>3<\/sup> of sediment containing an estimated 3\u00d710<sup>29<\/sup> microbial cells.<\/li>\n<li>The role played by spores in low-energy sedimentary ecosystems remains an enigma.<\/li>\n<li>Despite conflicting results from earlier analyses, archaea and bacteria apparently exist in similar abundances within deep-sea sediments.<\/li>\n<li>Within these sediments, anaerobic metabolisms dominate, especially those in which sulfate reduction and oxidation of organic matter are coupled.<\/li>\n<li>Modeling proves crucial when trying to connect sedimentary microorganisms to their appropriate geochemical environments.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"template":"","tags":[],"publication_type":[19],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.darkenergybiosphere.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/publication\/10558"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.darkenergybiosphere.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/publication"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.darkenergybiosphere.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/publication"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.darkenergybiosphere.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10558"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.darkenergybiosphere.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10558"},{"taxonomy":"publication_type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.darkenergybiosphere.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/publication_type?post=10558"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}