The contribution of microbial communities in polymetallic nodules to the diversity of the deep-sea microbiome of the Peru Basin (4130–4198&thinsp;m depth)

Molari, Massimiliano; Janssen, Felix; Vonnahme, Tobias R.; Wenzhöfer, Frank; Boetius, Antje

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-17-3203-2020

Articles | Volume 17, issue 12

https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-17-3203-2020

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https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-17-3203-2020

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Articles | Volume 17, issue 12

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25 Jun 2020

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The contribution of microbial communities in polymetallic nodules to the diversity of the deep-sea microbiome of the Peru Basin (4130–4198 m depth)

Massimiliano Molari, Felix Janssen, Tobias R. Vonnahme, Frank Wenzhöfer, and Antje Boetius

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RC1: 'review of paper', Beth Orcutt, 25 Feb 2020
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RC2: 'Review of Molari et al.', Anonymous Referee #2, 06 Mar 2020
- AC2: 'Responses to RC2', Massimiliano Molari, 04 Apr 2020

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ED: Publish subject to minor revisions (review by editor) (14 Apr 2020) by Denise Akob

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Industrial-scale mining of deep-sea polymetallic nodules will remove nodules in large areas of the sea floor. We describe community composition of microbes associated with nodules of the Peru Basin. Our results show that nodules provide a unique ecological niche, playing an important role in shaping the diversity of the benthic deep-sea microbiome and potentially in element fluxes. We believe that our findings are highly relevant to expanding our knowledge of the impact associated with mining.