"Oncle Dom" <
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Faux !
Aerobic Microbial Respiration in 86-Million-Year-Old Deep-Sea Red Clay
"Microbial communities can subsist at depth in marine sediments without fresh
supply of organic matter for millions of years. At threshold sedimentation rates
of 1 millimeter per 1000 years, the low rates of microbial community metabolism
in the North Pacific Gyre allow sediments to remain oxygenated tens of meters
below the sea floor. We found that the oxygen respiration rates dropped from 10
micromoles of O2 liter?1 year?1 near the sediment-water interface to 0.001
micromoles of O2 liter?1 year?1 at 30-meter depth within 86 million-year-old
sediment. The cell-specific respiration rate decreased with depth but stabilized
at around 10?3 femtomoles of O2 cell?1 day?1 10 meters below the seafloor. This
result indicated that the community size is controlled by the rate of carbon
oxidation and thereby by the low available energy flux. "
Pas de filigrane mais bel et bien présenté comme un fait !
M.A