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. 2015 Sep 1;10(3):730–741. doi: 10.1038/ismej.2015.150

Table 2. Geochemistry Data.

Sampling Date 11 Aug 2011 24 Aug 2011
T (°C) 52.1 50.4
pH 8.6 8.7
Eh (mV) −46 −133
TDS (ppt) 0.20 0.20
Cells ml−1 280a 200b
Gases (M) Cations (M) Carbon Sources (M) Metals (M)
He 6.07 × 10−4 Na+ 2.5 × 10−3 DOC 1.83 × 10−5 Total Fe 1.4 × 10−7
H2 1.71 × 10−5 K+ 3.5 × 10−5 DIC 5.70 × 10−4 Fe2+ (Chemet) <8.9 × 10−7
O2 1.52 × 10−4 Mg2+ 4.1 × 10−5 DIC-Gas Solubility 3.56 × 10−3 Fe3+ (Chemet) 2.7 × 10−6
O2 (Chemet) 6.25 × 10−6 Ca2+ 2.7 × 10−4 Formate 8.00 × 10−6 Mn 1.3 × 10−7
N2 5.98 × 10−3 Sr2+ 3.2 × 10−6 Acetate 3.39 × 10−7 Cr 3.9 × 10−8
CO 9.1 × 10−5 Ba2+ 5.7 × 10−7 Lactate <1.10 × 10−6 Co 3.4 × 10−8
CO2 1.71 × 10−5 Al3+ 2.2 × 10−6 Propanoate <1.40 × 10−6 Ni 1.2 × 10−6
CH4 8.75 × 10−3 Si4+ 4.8 × 10−4        
C2H6 1.40 × 10−4            
C3H8 2.05 × 10−5            
i-C4H10 1.75 × 10−6            
n-C4H10 3.00 × 10−5            
i-C5H12 1.76 × 10−6            
n-C5H12 <1.48 × 10−6            
Non-Methane Hydrocarbons 4.44 × 10−4            
Anions (M)
Sulfur Species (M)
Nitrogen Species (M)
   
F 1.0 × 10−4 SO42− 1.04 × 10−4 Total N 3.21 × 10−6    
Cl 2.8 × 10−3 S2O32− 3.09 × 10−6 NO2 <2.2 × 10−6    
Br 5.6 × 10−6 HS 7.48 × 10−8 NO3 9.52 × 10−7    
PO43− 3.5 × 10−7     NH4+ 3.88 × 10−6    
a

Based upon cell counts using DAPI (Simkus et al., 2015).

b

Based on the bacterial biomass calculated from 46 599 l of filter H2O resulting in 41.2 μg of PLFA (0.9 pg/ml) (Simkus et al., 2015).