Bizic, Mina


Publications
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Cave Thiovulum (Candidatus Thiovulum stygium) differs metabolically and genomically from marine species

Citation
Bizic et al. (2023). The ISME Journal 17 (3)
Names
Ca. Thiovulum karukerense Ca. Thiovulum stygium Ca. Thiovulum imperiosus
Abstract
AbstractThiovulum spp. (Campylobacterota) are large sulfur bacteria that form veil-like structures in aquatic environments. The sulfidic Movile Cave (Romania), sealed from the atmosphere for ~5 million years, has several aqueous chambers, some with low atmospheric O2 (~7%). The cave’s surface-water microbial community is dominated by bacteria we identified as Thiovulum. We show that this strain, and others from subsurface environments, are phylogenetically distinct from marine Thiovulum. We asse