水素は,熱水噴出孔のシンバイオスのエネルギー源です
Jillian M Petersen1, Frank U Zielinski, Thomas Pape
1Max Planck Institute for Marine Microbiology, Celsiusstrasse 1, 28359 Bremen, Germany.
Nature
|August 12, 2011
まとめ
深い海に棲むアザラシは,共生性細菌を通して水素を原発として使用します. この水素を燃料とする化学合成は,これらのユニークな生態系における広範なエネルギー源として認識されています.
科学分野:
- マリン・バイオロジーの海洋生物学
- 地質化学 地質化学
- 微生物生態学とは
背景:
- 深海の熱水噴出孔は,ユニークな生態系を宿している.
- これらの生態系は,主に硫黄やメタンを用いた化学合成に依存しています.
- シンビオティックバクテリアは,これらの環境で一次生産に不可欠です.
研究 の 目的:
- 水熱噴出孔の共生のための代替エネルギー源を調査する.
- Bathymodiolus mussel symbionts.によって利用されるエネルギー源を特定するために.
- エントに関連したシンバイオゼにおける水素酸化の有病率を決定する.
主な方法:
- メタゲノムシーケンシング
- 単一遺伝子の光 in situ ハイブリダイゼーション (FISH)
- 免疫ヒストキミストリー
- 船上インキュベーション
- In situ マススペクトロメトリー
主要な成果:
- 中大西洋のリッジのシンビオンであるバチモディオールス (Bathymodiolus) 貝は,水素を原産物として使用する.
- 太平洋のバチモディオールスイカの共生生物は,水素酸化のための hupL 遺伝子を持っています.
- HupL遺伝子はRiftia pachyptilaとRimicaris exoculataの共生体にも発見されました.
結論:
- 水素は,熱水噴出孔の共生で,一次生産のための重要なエネルギー源です.
- 水素を利用する能力は,熱水噴出孔の動物共生体の中で広く知られています.
- 水素を燃料とする化学合成は,水素に富んだ噴出口環境で一般的になる可能性が高い.
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