Detoxification of sulphidic African shelf waters by blooming chemolithotrophs

Algae that bloom unnoticed Data obtained by RV Alexander von Humboldt in waters off the Namibian coast reveal that an area of about 7,000 km 2 of African coastal shelf, covered by sulphidic water, was detoxified by the action of bacteria: the biologically harmful sulphide was oxidized to non-toxic c...

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Published in:	Nature Vol. 457; no. 7229; pp. 581 - 584
Main Authors:	Lavik, Gaute, Stührmann, Torben, Brüchert, Volker, Van der Plas, Anja, Mohrholz, Volker, Lam, Phyllis, Mußmann, Marc, Fuchs, Bernhard M., Amann, Rudolf, Lass, Ulrich, Kuypers, Marcel M. M.
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	London Nature Publishing Group UK 29.01.2009 Nature Publishing Group
Subjects:	Animal and plant ecology Animal, plant and microbial ecology Applied ecology Atmosfärs- och hydrosfärsvetenskap Atmosphere and hydrosphere sciences Bacteria Benthic communities Biodegradation, Environmental Biologi Biological and medical sciences Biology Chemistry Coastal waters Continental shelves Control Detoxification Earth sciences Ecotoxicology, biological effects of pollution Environmental aspects Environmental chemistry Environmental monitoring Eutrophication Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology Geovetenskap Humanities and Social Sciences Hydrogen sulfide Hydrogen Sulfide - metabolism Kemi letter Marin ekologi Marine bacteria Marine ecology Methods Microbiology mikrobiologi Miljökemi Molecular Sequence Data Mortality multidisciplinary Namibia NATURAL SCIENCES NATURVETENSKAP Oceanografi Oceanography Oceans Oceans and Seas Oxidation-Reduction Oxygen depletion Phylogeny Properties Proteobacteria Proteobacteria - genetics Proteobacteria - growth & development Proteobacteria - isolation & purification Proteobacteria - metabolism Remote sensing RNA, Ribosomal, 16S - genetics Science Science (multidisciplinary) Sea water ecosystems Seawater - chemistry Sulfates - metabolism Sulfur - metabolism Surface water Synecology Techniques Terrestrial, freshwater and marine ecology Terrestrisk, limnisk och marin ekologi Toxins Water bloom Namibia Africa Sweden Marine environment Sulfides Continental shelf Sulphur oxidizing bacteria Bloom Methodological bias Coastal water Water pollution Environmental monitoring Remote sensing Eutrophication Neutralization
ISSN:	0028-0836, 1476-4687, 1476-4687, 1476-4679
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