{"id":11471,"date":"2017-07-24T10:13:39","date_gmt":"2017-07-24T17:13:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.darkenergybiosphere.org\/?post_type=publication&#038;p=11471"},"modified":"2017-08-15T13:16:52","modified_gmt":"2017-08-15T20:16:52","slug":"editorial-recent-advances-in-geomicrobiology-of-the-ocean-crust","status":"publish","type":"publication","link":"https:\/\/www.darkenergybiosphere.org\/publication\/editorial-recent-advances-in-geomicrobiology-of-the-ocean-crust\/","title":{"rendered":"Editorial: Recent Advances in Geomicrobiology of the Ocean Crust"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Editorial on the Research Topic\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/journal.frontiersin.org\/researchtopic\/3822\/recent-advances-in-geomicrobiology-of-the-ocean-crust\">Recent Advances in Geomicrobiology of the Ocean Crust<\/a>.<\/strong> Igneous oceanic crust is one of the largest potential habitats for life on earth (<a href=\"http:\/\/journal.frontiersin.org\/article\/10.3389\/fmicb.2017.01368\/full#B9\">Orcutt et al., 2011<\/a>), and microbial activity supported by rock-water-microbe reactions in this environment can impact global biogeochemical cycles (<a href=\"http:\/\/journal.frontiersin.org\/article\/10.3389\/fmicb.2017.01368\/full#B1\">Bach and Edwards, 2003<\/a>). However, our understanding of the microbiology of this system, especially the subsurface \u201cdeep biosphere\u201d component of it, has traditionally been limited by sample availability and quality. Over the past decade, several major international programs (such as the Center for Dark Energy Biosphere Investigations, the current International Ocean Discovery Program, and its predecessor Integrated Ocean Drilling Program, and the Deep Carbon Observatory) have focused on advancing our understanding of life in this cryptic, yet globally relevant, biosphere. Additionally, many field and laboratory research programs are examining hydrothermal vent systems\u2014a seafloor expression of seawater that has been thermally and chemically altered in subseafloor crust\u2014and the microbial communities supported by these mineral-rich fluids. The papers in this special issue bring together recent discoveries of microbial presence, diversity, and activity in these dynamic ocean environments.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"template":"","tags":[],"publication_type":[19],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.darkenergybiosphere.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/publication\/11471"}],"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=11471"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.darkenergybiosphere.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11471"},{"taxonomy":"publication_type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.darkenergybiosphere.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/publication_type?post=11471"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}