Smokejumper3 Hot Spring Community Analysis. hot springs metagenome

Little is known of how mixing of meteoric and geothermal fluids supports biodiversity in non-photosynthetic ecosystems. We used metagenomic sequencing to investigate a chemosynthetic microbial community in a hot spring (Smokejumper3; SJ3) of Yellowstone National Park that exhibits geochemistry consistent with mixing of a reduced volcanic gas-influenced end member with an oxidized near-surface meteoric end member.