Stable isotope evidence for a putative endosymbiont-based lithotrophic Bathymodiolus sp. mussel community atop a serpentine seamont

Earth & Environmental Sciences

• endosymbiont 99%
• stable isotope 59%
• methane 53%
• animal community 38%
• sulfur 31%
• sediment 26%
• carbon 23%
• hydrogen 21%
• sulfide 21%
• tissue 20%
• sulfate 19%
• organic matter 18%
• serpentinization 18%
• symbiont 16%
• seamount 15%
• hydrogen sulfide 14%
• lower crust 13%
• bivalve 13%
• magmatism 12%
• isotopic composition 12%
• electron 9%
• substrate 9%
• nutrient 9%
• in situ 8%
• water 8%
• nitrogen 8%
• energy 6%

Medicine & Life Sciences

• Bivalvia 92%
• Methane 80%
• Isotopes 75%
• Sulfur 41%
• Carbon 34%
• Sulfides 31%
• Hydrogen 27%
• Sulfates 25%
• Water 15%
• Hydrogen Sulfide 15%
• Gills 14%
• Animals 11%
• Nitrogen 11%
• Nutrients 9%
• Electrons 9%

Chemical Compounds

• Serpentine 100%
• Stable Isotope 76%
• Methane 55%
• Sedimentary Organic Matter 32%
• Sulfide 27%
• Hydrogen 26%
• Carbon Atom 24%
• Organic Matter 18%
• Nutrient 18%
• Electron Donor 16%
• Nitrogen 10%
• Energy 8%