Ecology and biogeochemistry of the microbial underworld in two sister soda lakes
Our research highlights that modern analogs for origin-of-life conditions might be better represented by soda lakes with low phosphate concentrations. Thus, highly alkaline brine environments could be too extreme to support origin of life scenarios. These findings shed light on the complex interplay of microbial life in extreme environments and contribute to our understanding of early Earth environments.
Authors
- Agasteswar Vadlamani (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8579-4545)
- Alexandre J. Paquette
- Jayne E. Rattray (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7086-2237)
- Srijak Bhatnagar (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0240-2655)
- Breda Novotnik (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5653-4122)
- Marc Strous (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9600-3828)
- Timber Gillis (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7099-4539)
- Hector De la Hoz Siegler (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1630-8419)
- Varada Khot (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4664-6678)
Institutions
- University of Calgary (CA)
- Athabasca University (CA)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Environmental Microbiome
- Published
- 2024-11-28
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1186/s40793-024-00632-y
- Citations
- 7
- Primary Topic
- Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 3.21
Funders
- University of Calgary
- Government of Alberta
- Alberta Innovates
- Canada First Research Excellence Fund
- Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada