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            https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-17-3203-2020
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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
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                                            Max Planck Institute for Marine Microbiology, Bremen, Germany
                                        
                                    Felix Janssen
                                            Max Planck Institute for Marine Microbiology, Bremen, Germany
                                        
                                    
                                            HGF MPG Joint Research Group for Deep-Sea Ecology and Technology,
Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research, Bremerhaven, Germany
                                        
                                    Tobias R. Vonnahme
                                            Max Planck Institute for Marine Microbiology, Bremen, Germany
                                        
                                    
                                            present address: UiT the Arctic University of Tromsø, Tromsø,
Norway
                                        
                                    Frank Wenzhöfer
                                            Max Planck Institute for Marine Microbiology, Bremen, Germany
                                        
                                    
                                            HGF MPG Joint Research Group for Deep-Sea Ecology and Technology,
Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research, Bremerhaven, Germany
                                        
                                    Antje Boetius
                                            Max Planck Institute for Marine Microbiology, Bremen, Germany
                                        
                                    
                                            HGF MPG Joint Research Group for Deep-Sea Ecology and Technology,
Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research, Bremerhaven, Germany
                                        
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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.
                    Industrial-scale mining of deep-sea polymetallic nodules will remove nodules in large areas of...
                    
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