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SUBMITTER: Li L
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5095282 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Oct
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Li L L Wing B A BA Bui T H TH McDermott J M JM Slater G F GF Wei S S Lacrampe-Couloume G G Lollar B Sherwood BS
Nature communications 20161027
The discovery of hydrogen-rich waters preserved below the Earth's surface in Precambrian rocks worldwide expands our understanding of the habitability of the terrestrial subsurface. Many deep microbial ecosystems in these waters survive by coupling hydrogen oxidation to sulfate reduction. Hydrogen originates from water-rock reactions including serpentinization and radiolytic decomposition of water induced by decay of radioactive elements in the host rocks. The origin of dissolved sulfate, howeve ...[more]