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Sean P. Sylva
Researcher at Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
Publications - 73
Citations - 9429
Sean P. Sylva is an academic researcher from Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution. The author has contributed to research in topics: Hydrothermal vent & Anaerobic oxidation of methane. The author has an hindex of 33, co-authored 71 publications receiving 8465 citations. Previous affiliations of Sean P. Sylva include California Institute of Technology.
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Methane-consuming archaebacteria in marine sediments
TL;DR: Studies of sediments related to a decomposing methane hydrate provide strong evidence that methane is being consumed by archaebacteria that are phylogenetically distinct from known methanogens.
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A Serpentinite-Hosted Ecosystem: The Lost City Hydrothermal Field
Deborah S. Kelley,Jeffrey A. Karson,Gretchen L. Früh-Green,Dana R. Yoerger,Timothy M. Shank,David A. Butterfield,John M. Hayes,Matthew O. Schrenk,Eric J. Olson,Giora Proskurowski,Michael V. Jakuba,A. M. Bradley,Ben Larson,Kristin A. Ludwig,Deborah Glickson,Kate Buckman,Alexander S. Bradley,William J. Brazelton,Kevin K. Roe,Mitch J. Elend,Adélie Delacour,Stefano M. Bernasconi,Marvin D. Lilley,John A. Baross,Roger E. Summons,Sean P. Sylva +25 more
TL;DR: The serpentinite-hosted Lost City hydrothermal field is a remarkable submarine ecosystem in which geological, chemical, and biological processes are intimately interlinked.
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Tracking Hydrocarbon Plume Transport and Biodegradation at Deepwater Horizon
Richard Camilli,Christopher M. Reddy,Dana R. Yoerger,Benjamin A. S. Van Mooy,Michael V. Jakuba,James C. Kinsey,Cameron McIntyre,Sean P. Sylva,James V. Maloney +8 more
TL;DR: Results from a subsurface hydrocarbon survey using an autonomous underwater vehicle and a ship-cabled sampler indicate the presence of a continuous plume of oil, more than 35 kilometers in length, at approximately 1100 meters depth that persisted for months without substantial biodegradation.
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Abiogenic hydrocarbon production at lost city hydrothermal field.
Giora Proskurowski,Giora Proskurowski,Marvin D. Lilley,J. Seewald,Gretchen L. Früh-Green,Eric J. Olson,John E. Lupton,Sean P. Sylva,Deborah S. Kelley +8 more
TL;DR: Concentration, and stable and radiocarbon isotope, data from hydrocarbons dissolved in hydrogen-rich fluids venting at the ultramafic-hosted Lost City Hydrothermal Field show a distinct “inverse” trend in the stable carbon and hydrogen isotopic composition of C1 to C4 hydrocars, compatible with FTT genesis.
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Microbial diversity of hydrothermal sediments in the Guaymas Basin: evidence for anaerobic methanotrophic communities.
Andreas P Teske,Kai-Uwe Hinrichs,Virginia P. Edgcomb,Alvin Gomez,David T. Kysela,Sean P. Sylva,Mitchell L. Sogin,Holger W. Jannasch +7 more
TL;DR: The combined evidence from bacterial phylogeny and molecular-isotopic data indicates an important role of some novel deeply branching bacteria in anaerobic methanotrophy in the trophic ecology of methane-rich hydrothermal vents.