Microbial aerotrophy enables continuous primary production in diverse cave ecosystems
S. Bay, G. Ni, R. Lappan, B. Leung, W. W. Wong, S. Holland, N. Athukorala, K. Sand Knudsen, Z. Fan, M. Kerou, S. Jain, O. Schmidt, V. Eate, D. Clarke, T. Jirapanjawat, , C. Greening
This study identifies aerotrophy as a primary energy source in caves, revealing microbial use of atmospheric trace gases for continuous primary production.
bioRxiv · May 30, 2024Microbiology