ReviewFrontiers in microbiology2024
The geomicrobiology of limestone, sulfuric acid speleogenetic, and volcanic caves: basic concepts and future perspectives.
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- Ghost-rocks' microbiota: metagenomic insights into their influence on the biogeochemistry of karstic cave and groundwater.FEMS microbiology ecology · 2026Article
- The Incredible Potential of Cave Actinobacteria in Finding New Antimicrobials and Bioactive Compounds.Chemistry & biodiversity · 2026Review
- Cave microbial communities are structured by environmental matrix and depth and can be characterized with field-portable assays.Applied and environmental microbiology · 2026Article
- Groundwater microbial community structure under contrasting hydrological conditions in a sulfate-rich karst aquifer.Frontiers in microbiology · 2026Article
- Microbial Community Analysis and Environmental Association in Cave 6 of the Yungang Grottoes.Microorganisms · 2025Article
- A glimpse into darkness: Diversity of culturable cyanobacteria, green algae and fungi from subaerial cave biofilms.Journal of phycology · 2025Article
- Spatial and functional differentiation of microbial biofilms in a traditional cheese ripening environment.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- The effects of fermentedFrontiers in veterinary science · 2025Article
- Metabolic traits of sediment bacteria in karst caves in the light of environmental changes.Frontiers in microbiology · 2025Article
- Editorial: Insights in microbiological chemistry and geomicrobiology: 2022/2023.Frontiers in microbiology · 2024Article
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Abstract
Caves are ubiquitous subterranean voids, accounting for a still largely unexplored surface of the Earth underground. Due to the absence of sunlight and physical segregation, caves are naturally colonized by microorganisms that have developed distinctive capabilities to thrive under extreme conditions of darkness and oligotrophy. Here, the microbiomes colonizing three frequently studied cave types, i.e., limestone, sulfuric acid speleogenetic (SAS), and lava tubes among volcanic caves, have comparatively been reviewed. Geological configurations, nutrient availability, and energy flows in caves are key ecological drivers shaping cave microbiomes through photic, twilight, transient, and deep cave zones. Chemoheterotrophic microbial communities, whose sustenance depends on nutrients supplied from outside, are prevalent in limestone and volcanic caves, while elevated inorganic chemical energy is available in SAS caves, enabling primary production through chemolithoautotrophy. The 16S rRNA-based metataxonomic profiles of cave microbiomes were retrieved from previous studies employing the Illumina platform for sequencing the prokaryotic V3-V4 hypervariable region to compare the microbial community structures from different cave systems and environmental samples. Limestone caves and lava tubes are colonized by largely overlapping bacterial phyla, with the prevalence of
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