Journal article
O2 partitioning of sulfur oxidizing bacteria drives acidity and thiosulfate distributions in mining waters
Abstract
The acidification of water in mining areas is a global environmental issue primarily catalyzed by sulfur-oxidizing bacteria (SOB). Little is known about microbial sulfur cycling in circumneutral pH mine tailing impoundment waters. Here we investigate biological sulfur oxidation over four years in a mine tailings impoundment water cap, integrating aqueous sulfur geochemistry, genome-resolved metagenomics and metatranscriptomics. The microbial …
Authors
Whaley-Martin KJ; Chen L-X; Nelson TC; Gordon J; Kantor R; Twible LE; Marshall S; McGarry S; Rossi L; Bessette B
Journal
Nature Communications, Vol. 14, No. 1,
Publisher
Springer Nature
DOI
10.1038/s41467-023-37426-8
ISSN
2041-1723