Microbial ecology of acidic, biogenic gypsum: Community structure and distribution of extremophiles on freshly formed and relict sulfate deposits in a hydrogen sulfide-rich cave
Zoë E. Havlena, Katherine Lucero, Heather Valeah Graham, Jennifer C. Stern, Scott D. Wankel, Maurizio Mainiero, Daniel S. Jones
The paper characterizes microbial communities on acidic gypsum deposits in a sulfuric acid cave, finding differences in community structure between freshly formed and older deposits based on environmental conditions.
Applied and Environmental Microbiology · Sep 19, 2025Peer-reviewedMicrobiology