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GEOTHERMAL BIOLOGY AND GEOCHEMISTRY
IN YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK

GEOTHERMAL BIOLOGY AND GEOCHEMISTRY
IN YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK


Edited by
WP Inskeep and TR McDermott

Foreword by
John Varley



Table of Contents

Section 1: Geochemistry of Yellowstone Geothermal Systems 
1. Geochemistry and Dynamics of the Yellowstone National Park Hydrothermal Stystem
• R.O. Fournier • 3

2. Influences of Rhyolitic Lava Flows on Hydrothermal Procsses in Yellowstone Lake and on the Yellowstone Plateau
• L.A. Morgan, W.C. Shanks • 31

3. Hydrothermal Vent Fluids, Siliceous Hydrothermal Deposits, and Hydrothermally Altered Sediments in Yellowstone Lake
• W.C. Shanks, L.A. Morgan, L. Balistrieri, J.C. Alt • 53 (coming soon)

4. Ground Water to Surface Water: Chemistry of Thermal Outflows in Yellowstone National Park
• D.K. Nordstrom, J.W. Ball, R.B. McCleskey • 73

5. Geochemical Sources of Energy for Microbial Metabolism in Hydrothermal Ecosystems: Obsidian Pool, Yellowstone National Park
• E.L. Shock, M. Holland, D.R. Meyer-Dombard, J.P. Amend • 95

Section 2: Chemotrophic Metabolism in Geothermal Environments  
6. Hydrogen and Primary Productivity: Inference of Biogeochemistry from Phylogeny in a Geothermal Ecosystem
• J.R. Spear, J.J. Walker, N.R. Pace • 113

7. Aquificales in Yellowstone National Park
• A.L. Reysenbach, A. Banta, S. Civello, J. Daly, K. Mitchel, S. Lalonde, K. Konhauser, A. Rodman, K. Rusterholtz, C. Takacs-Vesbach • 129

8. Geomicrobiology of Acid-Sulfate-Chloride Springs in Yellowstone National Park
• W.P. Inskeep, T.R. McDermott • 143

9. Primary Energy Metabolism in Geothermal Environments: The Role of Carbon Monoxide
• F.T. Robb, J.M. Gonzalez, T. Sokolova, S.M. Techtmann, N. Chernyh, A. Lebedinski, L.J. Tallon, K. Jones, M. Wu, J.A. Eisen • 163

10. Observations Concerning Nitrogen Cycling in a Yellowstone Thermal Soil Environment
• M.D. Burr, L.M. Botero, M.J. Young, W.P. Inskeep, T.R. McDermott • 171

Section 3: Prokaryotic Phototrophs  
11. Microbial Diversity in Hot Spring Cyanobacterial Mats: Pattern and Prediction
• D.M. Ward, F.M. Cohan • 185

12. Diversity of Anoxygenic Phototrophs in Contrasting Extreme Environments
• M.T. Madigan, D.O. Jung, E.A. Karr, W.M. Sattley, L.A. Achenbach, M.T.J. van der Meer • 203

13. Effects of Environmental Stressors on Photosynthetic Microorganisms in Geothermal Springs of Yellowstone National Park
• T.B. Norris, R.W. Castenholz • 221

14. The Red Layer Microbial Observatory Database: A Model for the Integration and Dissemination of Biological and Geochemical Data via the World Wide Web • S.M. Boomer, W.M Drury, B.E. Dutton, D.P. Lodge, M.S. Boschee, W.M. Kernan • 235

Section 4: Archaea, Viruses, and Thermotolerant Eukaryotes  
15. A Novel Kingdom of Parasitic Archaea
• K.O. Stetter, M.J. Hohn, H. Huber, R. Rachel, E. Mathur, B. Hedlund, U. Jahn • 249

16. The Hyperthermophilic Archaeon Sulfolobus: From Exploration to Exploitation
• S.J.J. Brouns, T.J.G. Ettema, K.M. Stedman, J. Walther, H. Smidt, A.P.L. Snijders, M. Young, R. Bernander, P.C. Wright, B. Siebers, J. van der Oost • 261

17. Archaeal DNA Replication: A Robust Model for Eukaryotes
• S.D. Bell, I. Dionne, S. Lao-Sirieix, V.L. Marsh, A. McGeoch, N.P. Robinson • 277

18. Archaeal Viruses from Yellowstone’s High Temperature Environments
• M. Young, B. Wiedenheft, J. Snyder, J. Spuhler, F. Roberto, T. Douglas • 289

19. Structural Studies of Crenarchaeal Viral Proteins: Structure Suggests Function
• P. Kraft, G.H. Gauss, M. Young, C.M. Lawrence • 305

20. Thermophilic Amoebae and Legionella in Hot Springs in Yellowstone and Grand Teton National Parks
• K.B. Sheehan, J.A. Fagg, M.J. Ferris, J.M. Henson • 317

Section 5: Dispersal Mechanisms of Thermophilic Microorganisms  
21. A Test for Airborne Dispersal of Thermophilic Bacteria from Hot Springs
• G.T. Bonheyo, J. Frias-Lopez, B.W. Fouke • 327

Section 6: Preserving Research Access
22. What is Minimum Impact Research?
• J.R. Spear • 343

Index 353

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