Octopus Spring

Alternate Names

OS_11

Description

No description provided

Feature Type

Hot Spring

Inventory ID

LWCG138

Location

Latitude: 44.53408
Longitude: -110.7979
Survey Date: August 6, 1998

Geographic Area: Firehole River Drainage
Thermal Region: Lower Geyser Basin
Thermal Complex: White Creek Group
Ranger District Contact: Old Faithful District, Colleen Rawlings (307) 344-2701

Participants

Bryant, Don A.
Heidelberg, John F.
Nordstrom, D. Kirk
Roberto, Frank F.
Ward, Dave M.

Publications

Candidatus Chloracidobacterium thermophilum: An Aerobic Phototrophic Acidobacterium, Science, 2007
Responses of a Thermophilic Synechococcus Isolate from the Microbial Mat of Octopus Spring to Light, Applied and Environmental Microbiology, 2007
Characterization of a Yellowstone Hot Spring Microbial Community by 5S rRNA Sequences, Applied and Environmental Microbiology, 1985
The YNP metagenome project: environmental parameters responsible for microbial distribution in the Yellowstone geothermal ecosystem, Frontiers in Microbiology, 2013
Metagenome sequence analysis of filamentous microbial communities obtained from geochemically distinct geothermal channels reveals specialization of three Aquificales lineages, Frontiers in Microbiology, 2013

Organisms

Candidatus Chloracidobacterium thermophilum

Feature Data

Data Source Supplied By Sample Date Temp Vent Temp pH Cond Extended Data
Participant Ward, Dave M. 1/1/1800 -- -- 8.2 -- Yes Details
Participant USGS 9/1/1974 -- -- -- -- Yes Details
Participant USGS 10/1/1974 70°C -- 7.5 -- Yes Details
Park 8/6/1998 82.5°C 0°C 8.14 1700 µS/cm No
USGS Nordstrom, D. Kirk 9/16/2001 90.5°C -- 8.04 1338 µS/cm Yes Details
USGS Nordstrom, D. Kirk 9/16/2001 90.5°C -- 8.04 1338 µS/cm Yes Details
USGS Nordstrom, D. Kirk 9/16/2001 82°C -- 8.18 -- Yes Details
USGS Nordstrom, D. Kirk 9/16/2001 76°C -- 8.28 -- Yes Details
USGS Nordstrom, D. Kirk 9/16/2001 73°C -- 8.27 -- Yes Details
USGS Nordstrom, D. Kirk 9/16/2001 69°C -- 8.4 -- Yes Details
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