Proliferation of hydrocarbon-degrading microbes at the bottom of the Mariana Trench

J Liu, Y Zheng, H Lin, X Wang, M Li, Y Liu, M Yu… - Microbiome, 2019 - Springer
Abstract Background The Mariana Trench is the deepest known site in the Earth's oceans,
reaching a depth of~ 11,000 m at the Challenger Deep. Recent studies reveal that hadal …

Scientific and technological progress in the microbial exploration of the hadal zone

S Fan, M Wang, W Ding, YX Li, YZ Zhang… - Marine Life Science & …, 2022 - Springer
The hadal zone is the deepest point in the ocean with a depth that exceeds 6000 m.
Exploration of the biological communities in hadal zone began in the 1950s (the first wave of …

Three-layer circulation in the world deepest hadal trench

H Jiang, X **n, H Xu, C Zhou, PA Vetter, L Yu… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
Abstract The Challenger Deep (CD) is the deepest known hadal trench in the world. Due to
challenges in data sampling at extreme ocean depths, the Lower Circumpolar Deep Water …

Enhanced production of highly methylated brGDGTs linked to anaerobic bacteria from sediments of the Mariana Trench

Z Zeng, W **ao, F Zheng, Y Chen, Y Zhu… - Frontiers in Marine …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Branched glycerol dialkyl glycerol tetraethers (brGDGTs) are bacterial membrane lipids that
are widely used in terrestrial paleoclimatic reconstructions. Recent studies have reported …

Composition and ecological roles of the core microbiome along the abyssal-hadal transition zone sediments of the Mariana Trench

H **g, X **ao, Y Zhang, Z Li, H Jian, Y Luo… - Microbiology …, 2022 - Am Soc Microbiol
The unique geological features of hadal trenches are known to influence both the structure
and ecological function of microbial communities. It is also well known that heterotrophs and …

Novel primers for 16S rRNA gene-based archaeal and bacterial community analysis in oceanic trench sediments

N Yang, C Tian, Y Lv, J Hou, Z Yang, X **ao… - Applied Microbiology …, 2022 - Springer
High-throughput sequencing of the 16S ribosomal RNA (16S rRNA) gene has been
successfully applied to explore the microbial structure and dynamics in various …

Spatial variations of microbial communities in abyssal and hadal sediments across the Challenger Deep

G Cui, J Li, Z Gao, Y Wang - PeerJ, 2019 - peerj.com
Microbial communities in hadal sediments are least explored in hadal zone (> 6,000 m),
especially in the Challenger Deep with high pressure (∼ 110 M pa at the bottom). In this …

The mononuclear metal-binding site of Mo-nitrogenase is not required for activity

C Cadoux, N Maslać, L Di Luzio, D Ratcliff, W Gu… - Jacs Au, 2023 - ACS Publications
The biological N2-fixation process is catalyzed exclusively by metallocofactor-containing
nitrogenases. Structural and spectroscopic studies highlighted the presence of an additional …

Virioplankton assemblages from challenger deep, the deepest place in the oceans

C Gao, Y Liang, Y Jiang, D Paez-Espino, M Han, C Gu… - Iscience, 2022 - cell.com
Hadal ocean biosphere, that is, the deepest part of the world's oceans, harbors a unique
microbial community, suggesting a potential uncovered co-occurring virioplankton …

Genome and Ecology of a Novel Alteromonas Podovirus, ZP6, Representing a New Viral Genus, Mareflavirus

Z Wang, F Zhang, Y Liang, K Zheng, C Gu… - Microbiology …, 2021 - Am Soc Microbiol
Alteromonas is a ubiquitous, abundant, copiotrophic and phytoplankton-associated marine
member of the Gammaproteobacteria with a range extending from tropical waters to polar …