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SUBMITTER: Sauvage JF
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7910440 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Feb
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Sauvage Justine F JF Flinders Ashton A Spivack Arthur J AJ Pockalny Robert R Dunlea Ann G AG Anderson Chloe H CH Smith David C DC Murray Richard W RW D'Hondt Steven S
Nature communications 20210226 1
Water radiolysis continuously produces H<sub>2</sub> and oxidized chemicals in wet sediment and rock. Radiolytic H<sub>2</sub> has been identified as the primary electron donor (food) for microorganisms in continental aquifers kilometers below Earth's surface. Radiolytic products may also be significant for sustaining life in subseafloor sediment and subsurface environments of other planets. However, the extent to which most subsurface ecosystems rely on radiolytic products has been poorly const ...[more]